Q&A with the Investor Forum: ‘Huge frustration that more people are focused on disclosure and reporting than engagement and action’
Reporting is crowding out the critical dialogue between investors and companies, say Sallie Pilot and Tim Shanagher
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ESA suggestions for SFDR improvements ‘could bring it closer to the UK’s SDR’
However, any changes to SFDR could be a while away as a new EU Commission is set up
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SDR and the investment labelling regime: How does the industry plan to respond?
Investment Association research indicates there could be 200 SDR-labelled funds by end of year
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Pimfa members call for one-year delay to SDR reporting for portfolio management
Members released a statement outlining their concerns over the timeframe for SDR
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Square Mile updates 3D methodology to reflect SDR fund labels
Funds will be given a sustainability profile and rating
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MainStreet Partners creates SDR service for fund buyers
Provides an absolute measure of sustainability for the assets they invest in, alongside how to evidence the sustainability performance
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FCA anti-greenwashing rule: How to avoid the companies exaggerating environmental claims
HL’s Sherrard-Bewhay shares some case studies of when companies got it wrong… and right
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Asset managers still grappling with communications as anti-greenwashing deadline looms
UKSIF and PwC report flags concerns around SDR definitions, increasing regional divergence and threshold clarity ahead of first deadline
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Is double materiality decoupling?
The practical implementation of double materiality is fraught with tensions and uncertainty, writes Andrew Parry
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UKSIF and IA publish guidance for SDR consumer-facing disclosures
Investors should include information such as labels as well as sustainability objectives and metrics
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How to prepare for the FCA’s anti-greenwashing rule
Anti-greenwashing guidance warns firms about the colours used around sustainability – but firms need to be whiter than white
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Green Dream with Castlefield’s McMahon: We have been exercising our right to vote against sustainability committees
Ita McMahon discusses engagement progress, training for the anti-greenwashing rule and more sophisticated conversations with clients