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  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    ESG investing
    Asset managers turn to ‘green hushing’ on sustainable funds

    European vehicles drop ESG-related labels amid regulatory and reputational concerns

    An employee installs solar panels in Pessac on the outskirts of Bordeaux, France
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    ESG investing
    Deutsche Bank’s DWS to pay $25mn to settle SEC probes

    Asset manager’s settlement with US regulator includes historic $19mn penalty over greenwashing allegations

    The DWS logo
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Climate legislation
    EU to ban ‘climate neutral’ claims by 2026

    Brussels to crack down on greenwashing of consumer products

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  • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    Can fast fashion kick its dirty habits?

    The proliferation of cheap, shortlived garments has come at an enormous environmental and social cost. The EU is preparing to end it

  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    When the arts world goes green

    Novelists raging against sponsors should be mindful of unintended consequences

    The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    Kim Schumacher
    Japan Inc must do more to reduce greenwashing risks

    Many companies and financial institutions lack expertise or evidence to support sustainability and ESG claims

  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    Anglian Water Group Ltd
    UK watchdog bans Anglian Water advert over sewage spill record

    Advert gave ‘misleading’ impression company was making ‘a positive overall environmental contribution’

    Waste water flows from a waste water outflow pipe at low tide on Pagham Beach in Bognor Regis, UK
  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    Moral Money
    Regulators take aim at ‘lobby-tising’ Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, will New York’s smog crisis spark action?

    Shell’s corporate logo at a petrol station in London, with blue skies and white clouds in the background
  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    Advertising
    UK watchdog bans Shell, Repsol and Petronas greenwashing ads

    Advertising Standards Authority finds oil and gas groups had misled public on climate benefits of their products

    Shell, Repsol and Petronas logos
  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    EU regulators flag rising greenwashing practices by banks

    European Banking Authority says there is a ‘clear increase’ in financial institutions overstating their climate credentials

    Power lines and wind turbines in a field of rapeseed
  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Special ReportRisk Management: Financial Institutions
    Industry awaits update to FTC’s ‘green guides’

    Consultation on how to market sustainability comes amid a global push against greenwashing

    Federal Trade Commission, building exterior and sign
  • Monday, 24 April, 2023
    Special ReportFTfm: Exchange Traded Funds
    Investors warned of ‘greenwashing’ risk as ESG-labelled funds double

    As regulators reclassify some investments, more due diligence on methodologies is needed

    Members of KoalaKollektiv and Greenpeace pour green paint on to barrels during a protest against green washing next to the Euro Sculpture at Willi-Brandt-Platz in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany in January 2022
  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    ESG investing
    UK regulator takes aim at index providers over greenwashing

    Financial Conduct Authority criticises ‘widespread failings’ in ESG benchmarks

    A person holding a smartphone with the logo of the Financial Conduct Authority on the screen in front of a monitor showing the FCA’s web page
  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Greta Thunberg accuses Norway of ‘green colonialism’ over wind farm

    Climate activist and members of Sami community stage protest after Oslo ignores court ruling

    Greta Thunberg and activists at the entrance of the oil and energy ministry in Oslo
  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    UK food and toiletries face scrutiny over ‘green’ claims

    Competition watchdog to look into potential greenwashing in sale of household essentials

    Customers browse a shelf of bread in a supermarket
  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    The world in 2023
    ESG themes to watch in 2023 Premium content

    Our guide to the year ahead in sustainable business

    Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis after taking the oath of office waves to those in attendance at his second term inauguration in Tallahassee, Florida
  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
    Moral Money
    HSBC’s oil-rig shaped financing hole Premium content

    Plus, the transatlantic rift over climate plans

    An oil platform and two green and red boats profiled against the sea
  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    Watchdogs call for funds to come clean on green finance claims

    European and US regulators to ensure environmental investing delivers its advertised ambitions

    A person walks past the office of the Financial Conduct Authority
  • Friday, 21 October, 2022
    Henry Mance
    A rare victory in the war on corporate eco-guff

    Greenwashing HSBC posters have fallen foul of advertising standards, but disingenuous business claims are everywhere

    Image of the HSBC advert, talking about its investment in climate finance and tree planting, on the side of a bus stop
  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    Moral Money
    Putin’s war drives corporate litigation risks Premium content

    Plus, teachers want the UNPRI to clean up their pensions

    Russian President Vladimir Putin
  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC ads banned for misleading consumers about green credentials

    UK watchdog rules series publicising tree planting and net zero emissions plans failed to disclose fossil fuel financing

    An HSBC street advert poster in London
  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    Climate change
    ‘Green hushing’ on the rise as companies keep climate plans from scrutiny

    A quarter of 1,200 companies surveyed say they would not publicise their science-based net zero emissions targets

    A climate change protest in the City of London
  • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    ‘Green’ funds warned of hazardous grey areas

    ‘There’s so much in flux right now in terms of rules that everybody is probably a bit vulnerable’

    Aerial shot of solar panels at the Dominion Energy Inc.
  • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
    Special ReportFTfm: Responsible Investing
    Carbon credits face scrutiny as a corporate path to ‘net zero’

    Product should only be used when other options exhausted, say proponents

    An airplane takes off from an airport in the sunset amid a smog
  • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
    Special ReportFTfm: Responsible Investing
    European companies forced to take a closer look at supply chains

    New laws and shortcomings of just-in-time logistics mean businesses pay more attention to due diligence

    Two dock workers talk next to stacked containers at the Port of Baltimore
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