greenwashing

Funds management

The questions ASIC hope will stop greenwashing

There are nine questions that fund managers need to ask themselves when launching a fund in order to prevent greenwashing, according to ASIC....

Funds management

Sustainable ETFs not so sustainable

Stock weightings of ‘sustainable’ passive exchange traded funds are overwhelmingly driven by market capitalisation not climate scores, taking capital away from companies ...

Funds management

Asian gas-powered ‘sustainable’ investments encourage greenwashing

Incorporating the gas sector into Asian taxonomies risks diluting standards and discourages new pools of green capital, according to the Institute for Energy Economics an...

Funds management

Acadian uses AI tool to identify 'greenwashing'

Tools such as text mining of shareholder reports are used to determine if a firm is making unsubstantiated claims about its ethical and environmental practices. ...

Features

Funding a sustainable world

Solving today’s sustainability challenges will be funded by debt, writes Chris Dastoor, meaning it is worth investors considering ESG in their fixed income allocations. ...

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Looking under the green bonnet

Funds are unlikely to be deliberately guilty of greenwashing but nevertheless, writes Laura Dew, they need to have transparent processes in place to prevent investors fee...

Funds management

Don't just take a manager's word on ESG: panel

Investors and trustees need to ask fund managers for reporting metrics on specific environmental, social, and governance issues they claim they are solving, according to ...