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Finance: Why green funds are often not so green after all.

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Published: March 20th, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

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Supposedly green funds have also invested a lot of money in Shell and other oil and gas giants.

Over a third of the investment products designated as ESG funds and traded in the EU continue investing in fossil fuel companies. In total, the sum involved is over EUR 123 billion. This is the result of an investigation by the NGOs Urgewald and Facing Finance, which was presented on Wednesday. The organizations speak of „massive greenwashing“.

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