Allegations of greenwashing in the financial sector are increasingly hitting the dockets across legal and regulatory courtrooms worldwide, with this month's developments against DWS amping up the spotlight on 'sustainable' fund marketing once again. According to Simon Taylor, a partner at forensic accounting firm Forensic Risk Alliance, the outcomes from the attention-grabbing DWS raid last May could end up being "a game changer" for authorities taking a stand against greenwashing. But with those proceedings still ongoing, how can managers realistically gauge the risk of legal and regula...
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