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Higher ESG means stronger ROI: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... globally and $17.1 trillion in the US, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance. However, concerns over greenwashing and the anti-ESG backlash in the US, as well as regulatory enforcement actions, litigation, and the emergence of new ESG ...

Responsible investment AUM declines but uptake increases: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... year's report. "I think it's important to dig deeper on that and the fact that consumers are still concerned w/ greenwashing, it's really important that you have those pillars in place where you are differentiating between what is now mainstream ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... grain of salt". Forward-looking data, she said, can be all assumptions and may inadvertently lead down the path of greenwashing. "We caution against aggressive targets because then you really have to rely on the data" to meet those targets. Unintended ...

MONEYME becomes a B Corp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... conscious of making sure we have some sort of robust, verifiable approach, particularly considering how the market views greenwashing." As part of the process, MONEYME amended its constitution to require that directors must consider ESG stakeholders ...

Australian Ethical crowned most sustainable

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Hortense Bioy commented that some downgrades can be attributed to anti-ESG backlash in the US, as well as accusations of greenwashing. "The ESG backlash in the US and accusations of greenwashing have led some asset managers to backtrack on their ESG ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... focus on what investors are doing, how they're doing it, and are they doing it authentically, and concerns around greenwashing. "The new taxonomy gives us a shared and common blueprint for what sustainable activities are... so that when we're ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Businesses and investors are balancing how to set and communicate ambitious net zero targets decarbonisation without greenwashing or greenhushing, and getting that correct is a challenge. Regulators around the world have been cracking down on greenhushing ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has filed a suit against Active Super over greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. The markets regulator has commenced ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC's latest action against Vanguard for allegations of greenwashing in a bond fund raises the question of whether the market regulator will crack down on index providers and other third-party service providers for greenwashing as well. Last month ...

Using ChatGPT to assess climate targets: Acadian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... assist in investment processes, having previously told FS Sustainability it had developed an AI algorithm to identify greenwashing.