Funds Europe: Regulators must not apply the term "greenwashing" too broadly in their efforts to identify offenders, a leading funds trade body said, due to unclear definitions surrounding sustainability at the regulatory level.
Funds Europe: Less than 1% of sustainable funds meet the minimum expectations set out by the EU’s proposed voluntary Ecolabel, analysis by the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has warned.
BNN Bloomberg: ESG rules in the UK look set to make life harder for firms marketing index-tracking and other passively managed strategies, according to lawyers advising the investment industry.
ESG Clarity: Investors need to allow companies room to be open about failings when it comes to human rights issues in their supply chains, a Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) conference in Barcelona heard earlier this month.
Eiopa: The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the results of its climate stress test of European Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions (IORPs).
Euronews: Pension funds across the European Union would lose billions of euros from their investments in polluting industries without action to mitigate the impact of climate change, the bloc’s first stress test of its kind showed.
BNN Bloomberg: The chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG’s investment unit, DWS Group, said it’s time to dial back the “exuberant” language used in ESG sales pitches.
BNN Bloomberg: The asset management units of Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA are adding to a tidal wave of ESG fund downgrades, bringing industry assets under management to have been hit by such reclassifications to well over $100 billion.
Independent.ie: Amundi and Deutsche Bank's DWS Group are downgrading billions of dollars worth of ESG funds, adding to the sense of disarray that's spreading across Europe's asset management industry as it digests stricter regulatory guidance.
FCA: As financial services firms integrate ESG into their activities and expand their ESG-focussed products, they are increasingly reliant on third party ESG data and ratings services.
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