Greenwashing is rife. The sustainable funds perform just two percentage points better than the benchmark.

Investing causes environmental degradation. Both fund groups have a negative impact on ‘planet’ goals.

Impact is unpredictable. Relationships arise between ostensibly uncorrelated investments and SDGs.

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