Report: ESG investment funds swell in numbers despite disclosure failures

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Number of environmental social governance funds achieving higher classification under European sustainable finance disclosure regulations rises in 2022

The number of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment funds securing Article 8 classification under European sustainable finance disclosure regulations has more than doubled in the past...

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