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ESG Funds Face UK Watchdog Crackdown in Anti-Greenwash Drive

  • FCA is planning a package of new measures targeting ESG claims
  • Proposal comes amid wider global efforts to fight greenwashing
The Financial Conduct Authority logo on a door at their offices in London.

The Financial Conduct Authority logo on a door at their offices in London.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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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.