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Util: 'Sustainable' funds have no significant positive impact

US funds labelled as 'sustainable' do not have a significant positive overall impact on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), impact analysis firm Util has found, adding that "an absence of coherent regulation or consensus creates a perfect storm for greenwashing".

Robinhood: A catalyst for social finance

Positioned as the antithesis of traditional finance players, the app-based, commission-free, trading platform promises social and financial democracy. But does it actually meet those promises, asks Patrick Wood Uribe

When sustainability falls victim to its own success

Huge inflows into clean energy ETFs recently caused ructions in equity markets. What are the lessons for investors and companies, asks Patrick Wood Uribe

ESG in Fixed Income Global Series - Innovation showcase roundup

The topic of transition bonds was a recurring theme at Environmental Finance's Innovation showcase conference - the second of six events in the ESG in Fixed Income Global Series of conferences.

Investors 'equating green bonds with better credit'

Putting Coinbase to the test: can crypto ever be sustainable?

Its enormous emissions aren't Coinbase's only, or even biggest, problem, argues Patrick Wood Uribe

ESG in Fixed Income Global Series - Americas focus day roundup

Environmental Finance's Americas focus day - the first of six events in the ESG in Fixed Income Global Series of conferences - ended after a day of panels, presentations and speed networking sessions.

Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021

The data provider hoping to put impact on the agenda

The CEO of Util argues that ESG data is flawed, and measuring a company's impact on the Sustainable Development Goals can add a new dimension. Christopher Marchant reports

First green bond to secure drinking water by buying forests proposed

Central Arkansas Water (CAW) is preparing an innovative $31 million US municipal green bond, believed to be the first to buy and protect forests in order to secure clean drinking water.