The EU taxonomy gives us a common language that will enable stronger decision making and an acceleration to a more sustainable economy. “The EU recognizes that a key requirement to further the development of the sustainable investment market is ‘access to high-quality sustainability-related data.’ 2 This high-quality data also means moving away from subjectivity and using an objective and fact-based definition of what should be considered ‘green,’ ‘social,’ ‘environmental,’ and so on. At Clarity AI, we believe regulation needs to be supported by detailed, data-led insights, and transparency cannot be a nice-to-have. Patricia Pina, Head of Product Research & Innovation at Clarity AI, said: “Considering the disparate definitions of and frameworks for sustainability all around the world, we can look to the EU Taxonomy as a pioneer in setting a common standard to align a large segment of global market stakeholders.
Article 8 funds, however, have a similar alignment to the average, with 3.9% green revenues.įunds focused on sectors that are doing heavy lifting in the green transition, such as utilities, show a higher exposure and alignment, with 25% green revenues.įunds with equity themes, such as alternative energy, are naturally more aligned with a green economy, with up to 27% green revenues. 1Īrticle 9 climate-branded funds present four times higher alignment with the EU taxonomy than the overall sample average, with 15% of revenues classified as green. Only 7% of the 31,000 equity funds analyzed have more than 10% green revenues, as defined in the EU taxonomy. Globally, 3.6% of revenues can be considered green (“green revenues”) – that is, they contribute to mitigating climate change. In a whitepaper titled “EU Taxonomy: Using Tech to Analyze ‘Green’ Fund Performance,” Clarity AI analyzed an investable universe of 31,000 equity funds on how these products perform against new EU Taxonomy requirements and assessed the common traits across funds, which are often branded in some way as “green.” The analysis shows that: Under the Sustainability Finance Disclosure Regulation (or SFDR), investors need to report the EU Taxonomy alignment as part of the sustainability profile of funds, which need to be classified into one of three categories:Īrticle 8: funds that promote sustainable characteristics but not as an overarching objectiveĪrticle 9: funds that have been specifically created to address sustainability goals Analysis by Clarity AI, the market-leading, global sustainability technology platform, reveals significant differences between fund revenues aligned with green – and EU Taxonomy related – objectives across different types of sustainable investment products in the market today. NEW YORK-( BUSINESS WIRE)-The EU Taxonomy aims to align all market stakeholders on what is considered sustainable in the context of the EU, but investors need greater transparency on just how green the funds they are buying really are.
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