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SFDR regulation entered in force in March 2021, supporting fund selectors with a precise classification of ESG strategies, in order to identify the purely sustainable investments and to avoid greenwashing.
Over the past few years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of funds claiming to apply ESG analysis. The entry into force in March 2021 of the SFDR ("Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation") has identified clear guidelines to be applied for asset managers, both in terms of taxonomy and classification, in order also to avoid the risk for fund selectors of selecting unsustainable strategies and incurring greenwashing episodes.
Numerous funds that previously claimed to follow ESG criteria are actually classifying themselves as “Article 6”...
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