3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

At European level, according to Morningstar’s findings, there has been an increase from less than 400 billion open-end funds and sustainable ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds that allow investors to manage risks associated with environmental, social and governance factors) in 2017 to about 2.5 How high is the risk of greenwashing?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Sovereigns have been relatively late entrants to sustainable bond markets following corporates and supra-national entities (such as the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), which issued the first green debt securities in the mid-2000s.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fixed Income “Green” and Sustainability Linked Bonds (SLB) : Bonds dedicated to financing renewable energy, corporate investments in “brown to green” transformation and sustainability initiatives have proven popular and sound like a possible avenue to invest for impact.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

“The issuer base is likely to expand through multilateral support and as investor appetite for sustainable bonds catches up with vanilla bonds,” Moody’s added. Global sustainable bond issuance surged in 2021, with data providers estimating total volumes just above or below US$1 trillion; green bonds accounted for roughly half.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Each of the four JETPs in development are experiencing different growing pains. “Understandably, being the first movers in the market, there is nervousness and caution amongst [JETP] stakeholders to get it right. “Investors face heightened concerns on the credibility of these transactions and potential greenwashing criticisms,” she says.

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2022

The goal should be to ensure that asset managers have all the data needed to fulfil regulatory requirements by aligning with the taxonomy and to ensure that investors are investing in sustainable funds validated by regulators and avoiding greenwashing,” she said. At the same time, prices have fallen, driven partly by intensifying competition.

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