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Analysis: Plastic Credits: A ‘False Solution’ or the Answer to Global Plastic Waste?
As the UN meets to negotiate an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, many favour carbon credit-like offsetting.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Chinese ‘Fast Fashion’ Company Slapped With $1.15 Million Greenwashing Fine in Italy
Italy is the second European country to fine Shein over misleading sustainability claims.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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The Global Environmental Award Hit by Accusations of Greenwashing
The B Corp scheme was founded in 2006, and now has more than 9,600 members across 102 countries and 161 industries.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- ESG, greenwashing, nonprofits
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SEC Drops Proposed Anti-Greenwashing Fund Disclosure Rules
"The announcement marks the latest in a series of moves shifting the SEC away from Gensler’s climate and ESG-focus since the former Chair’s resignation from the Commission . . ."
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- North America
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The Current Approach to Scaling Impact Capital isn’t Working: Why Addressing the Polycrisis Requires More ‘Impact-Native’ Capital
Impact investing must scale if it hopes to address the interconnected social and environmental problems that comprise the global polycrisis. Yet as Tripp Baird at Builders Fund explains, a substantial amount of "impact" capital flows to large asset aggregator financial institutions whose impact and ESG-branded funds include investments in unaligned or actively counter-productive assets — e.g., sustainability funds that invest in mining companies — making it virtually impossible to effect lasting change. He argues that purpose-driven investors should choose “impact-native” investment firms, which provide a real alternative to the extractive and short-term focus of traditional capital markets.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Report: How Green Bond Labelling Impacts Investment Behaviour
"Green bonds are an important sustainable finance tool that can help reorient financial flows and influence public policy in addressing climate action across the global financial markets."
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Deutsche Bank’s DWS Fined $27 Million for Greenwashing
The announcement concludes a long-standing greenwashing saga for the asset manager, which began in August 2021, with allegations by DWS’ former sustainability chief Desiree Fixler that the firm misrepresented in its annual report.
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- Investing
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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- climate change, ESG, greenwashing
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85% of Investors Say Greenwashing is a Growing Problem: EY Survey
The survey’s findings come as many companies will soon be required to provide sustainability reporting based on new standards and frameworks designed to address these issues.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- data, ESG, greenwashing, sustainable business
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