News & Commentaries
ESG Funds Might Soon Have to Prove to SEC They’re Actually ESG.
“The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to know whether money managers are engaging in false advertising by saying funds are devoted to doing good whe the reality is much murkier.” [COMMENTARY]I think the SEC is just trying to make ESG funds look bad so as to supportcarbon-intensive industries.ESG Funds Might Soon Have to Prove to…
SEC Decisions Raise Specter of Bias, McCarthyism National Policy Analysis #681.
Ethical Investing News/Commentaries
IIRC plans major revision to integrated reporting framework.
“The IIRC opened a call Thursday for market feedback on specific themes to help inform the nature and direction of the revisions. The revision is planned for this year to coincide with the IIRC’s 10th anniversary. The IIRC first published the framework in December 2013 and this will be the first revision. The IIRC wants…
The Carbon Clean200: Leading the transition to a clean energy future.
“Who are the largest 200 publicly traded companies ranked by green energy revenues in 2020?” [COMMENTARY]A great ranking that all ethical and sustainable investors should review.The Carbon Clean200: Leading the transition to a clean energy future, February 13, 2020, Corporate Knights and As You Sow, Canada.
EU watchdog says ESG rating firms need rules to stop ‘greenwashing’.
“Steven Maijoor, chair of the bloc’s European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said the supervision of ESG ratings was ‘far from optimal’. ‘The lack of clarity on the methodologies underpinning those scoring mechanisms and their diversity does not contribute to enabling investors to effectively compare investments which are marketed as sustainable, thus contributing to the…
Who Will Be the Moody’s of ESG Investing?
“‘Sustainalytics is probably the premier data provider for ESG,’ Horstmeyer says. A number of firms are jockeying for position in the space or hoping to carve out a niche, including each of the big three credit rating agencies: Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Corp. (ticker: MCO) and S&P.” [COMMENTARY]The writer of the article cites that the regular…
