Much like “greenwashing” that exaggerates or misrepresents the environmental credentials of a project or company, social washing can occur when the impact of an investment on labor rights or human rights are falsely overstated.
As we adjust to life with the coronavirus, uncertainty is the rule of the day. But one clear lesson is emerging: “business as usual” is over for companies that expect to thrive long term.
Investment giant BlackRock Inc. is changing the name, investment objective and strategies of its $3 billion Money Market Portfolio to make the fund more environmentally sensitive.
The Securities and Exchange Commission will provide guidance to financial firms later this month on what the agency will expect from them in terms of compliance with its new investment-advice rules.
It was a moment that should have been a win for both environmentalists and sustainable-minded investors: a fossil fuel investment vehicle named for the late oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens was transforming into a renewables fund to take advantage of interest in the energy transition.
JPMorgan Asset Management joined an investor group that’s pressing the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases to change their ways as part of a broader expansion of its sustainable investment efforts.
If you only tuned in to ESG in 2019, you would think the strategy, which invests with environmental, social and governance matters at the fore, represents the latest magic elixir for the investment community.
