Canadian Investment Regulator Seeks First Greenwashing Penalties

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Canada’s biggest securities regulator is taking its first-ever enforcement action related to so-called green-washing by a fund manager.
The Ontario Securities Commission is alleging Toronto-based Purpose Investments Inc. made statements about how it incorporated environmental, social and governance factors that were “misleading, untrue, and in conflict with the prospectuses of the funds it managed.”