State of Sustainable Finance Regulation: 2022 Report

Various firms promote investment products as ESG or otherwise “sustainable” using their own subjective criteria or that of third-party ratings agencies. But differing perspectives regarding the legitimacy of such criteria (to the extent it’s even applied) have led critics to lambast sustainable finance trends as “greenwashing” and “a scam”.

Recognizing the validity of these criticisms, numerous governments have initiated sustainable finance regulation efforts that generally fall into two distinct, but often-confused categories: ESG product disclosures and climate-related financial disclosures.

In this report, we differentiate between the two rule types, and review the latest developments in European and North American sustainable finance regulation.

Download the full report here.

This report was updated in September 2022 to integrate suggestions regarding the initial version by Tim Nash of Good Investing.

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