REPORT: 40% of Article 9 funds will no longer qualify as 'sustainable' under incoming EU rules

Pablo Díaz-Varela, ESG risk director at Clarity AI. Press photo/Impact Loop design
19 mars 2026
12:06
40% of Article 9 funds – and 80% of Article 8 – would fail under the EU's incoming sustainable finance labelling regime, according to a new analysis.

The reason? Too many 'green' funds are invested in fossil fuels and companies in breach of basic international norms.

More than 40% of the funds currently carrying the EU's top sustainability label are at risk of losing it.

That's the headline finding from new analysis by New York-headquartered ESG research firm Clarity AI.

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