The UK’s financial regulator made clear it will no longer tolerate vague ESG fund designations as it moves to crack down on investment managers that can’t back up their claims of targeting environmental, social and governance metrics.
Fund managers operating in the UK will face a “package of new measures, including investment product sustainability labels and restrictions on how terms like ‘ESG,’ ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ can be used,” the Financial Conduct Authority said in a statement on Tuesday.
It’s the latest example of regulators tightening the screws around ESG investing, which after years of unfettered growth now accounts for roughly ...