ESMA guidelines tackle greenwashing via fund names
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Kyle Brasseur2024-05-17T17:27:00
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final report containing guidance for the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)- and sustainability-related terminology in fund names.
The guidance, issued Tuesday, follows a consultation launched in November 2022 that reflected ESMA’s view that ESG- and sustainability-related terms in fund names “should be supported in a material way by evidence of sustainability characteristics or objectives that are reflected fairly and consistently in the fund’s investment objectives and policy.”
ESMA said in a press release the guidance would apply three months after translation and publication onto the regulator’s website, with a transition period of six months.
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