Scientific Beta

Monaco for Finance: "However, criticisms of greenwashing are emerging. What does this really mean? The Scientific Beta Chair at Edhec Business School warns that there is a risk of greenwashing with some ESG index funds and emphasises that within so-called “climate” stock indices, the climate data “represent at best 12% of the factors that determine the weighting of shares in a portfolio."

Monaco for Finance 20/01/2022

"(...) However, criticisms of greenwashing are emerging. What does this really mean? The Scientific Beta Chair at Edhec Business School warns that there is a risk of greenwashing with some ESG index funds and emphasises that within so-called “climate” stock indices, the climate data “represent at best 12% of the factors that determine the weighting of shares in a portfolio.” (...)"