ESG Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Sacha Sadan, Director of Environmental, Social and Governance, FCA, said: “We’re putting in place a simple, easy to understand regime so investors can judge whether funds meet their investment needs – this is a crucial step for consumer protection as sustainable investment grows in popularity.”

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ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

Schroders announced in December that it would adopt the Sustainability Focus label for 8 funds, and Sustainability Impact for 2 funds, and the firms high-net-worth wealth management business Cazenove Capital followed up in January with plans to adopt the Sustainability Focus label for three of its own funds.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Climate change is the leading issue being addressed by US asset owners that incorporate ESG factors into their investment decisions, according to the US SIF Foundation’s latest biennial Report on US Sustainable Investing Trends.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer at Fidelity International said: “We welcome the introduction of SDR and see it as an important stage in the development of sustainable investing in the UK, giving investors greater confidence to allocate to sustainable funds.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Efficient, reliable and trusted benchmarks can cut the cost of sustainable investment, as they allow passive, index-based strategies to support sustainable investment objectives. Passive funds, she said, account for roughly 40% of all US sustainable investment assets under management.

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ESG Today

MARCH 5, 2025

The FCA rules introduce four labels intended to help consumers to differentiate between the sustainability objectives and investment approaches of investment products, including Sustainability Improvers, investing in assets that have the potential to improve environmental and/or social sustainability over time.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 9, 2025

The FCAs SDR requirements were introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers.

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