Funds Europe: Clarity AI has reported 80% of Article 8 funds would fail to comply with the European Securities and Markets Authority‘s (Esma) proposed fund labelling regulation.
ESG Clarity: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) should not expect all financial services firms to embed sustainability-related considerations in their business objectives and strategies, industry respondents to the UK regulator’s latest sustainability discussion paper have said.
Funds Europe: The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), a "green think tank", has raised concerns over the EU’s classification system for sustainable finance, saying policymakers were trying to "sneak in" biodiversity offsetting.
Yahoo Finance: The flow of new money into European funds marketed as very sustainable slowed to a record low in the first three months of 2023, as regulatory confusion prompted asset managers to be more cautious about their claims, Morningstar said.
ESG Clarity: Reforms to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) have been welcomed by industry commentators as signalling a step towards “the type of carbon economy that we need in order to address the systemic issues of climate change”.
Funds Europe: European cities have continued to dominate the lead in an index of the world’s greenest financial centres, according to new research from think tank Z/Yen Group.
BNN Bloomberg: The UK should pursue a national ESG strategy to simplify rules and reduce the risk of greenwashing, according to a group of lawmakers.
Funds Europe: Amundi has launched a range of net zero ambition strategies to support the transition to a low-carbon economy. Europe’s largest asset manager released a suite of seven actively and passively managed funds across all asset classes.
Euronews: Greenpeace and other campaign groups are set to take the European Commission to court on Tuesday, seeking to overturn European Union rules that class nuclear energy and natural gas as climate-friendly investments.
BNN Bloomberg: A mass wave of downgrades that shocked investors as they watched Europe’s top ESG designation get stripped from almost $200 billion may now be reversed.
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