ESG Today

JANUARY 27, 2025

Global issuance of labelled sustainable bonds including green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked, and transition bonds is anticipated to again reach around $1 trillion in 2025, according to a new forecast released by Moodys Ratings, as headwinds including political changes from the new U.S.

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ESG Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Issuance volumes of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds rebounded strongly in Q1 2023, resuming double-digit growth trends after falling 18% in 2022, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service. trillion in 2021.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 1, 2024

Global issuance of labelled sustainable bonds – including green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked, and transition bonds – declined sharply in the second quarter of 2024, as fewer new issuers entered the market and issuers contend with regulatory scrutiny, according to a new report released by Moody’s Ratings.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

trillion in 2021. Despite the 2022 decline, the sustainable bond market substantially outperformed the global bond market, which saw issuance volume fall by 27%. Moody’s forecasts the GSSS bond market to grow 10% in 2023 to issuance of $950 billion, after declining 18% in 2022 to $862 billion, from a record $1.05

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ESG Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

By region, Moody’s anticipates that Europe will maintain the largest share of GSSS volumes, after accounting for 45% of issuance in 2023, with sustainable bonds representing 20% of total bond issuances, and growing to $428 billion in 2023 from $411 in 2022, as sustainability issues remain top of mind for issuers.

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ESG Today

JULY 31, 2023

By bond type, green bonds continued to dominate, with issuance in the second quarter of $156 billion representing over 60% of volumes, and first half issuances of $312 billion exceeding the prior record of $295 billion set in H2 2021.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

RIAA report finds managers increasingly reporting on outcomes of engagement on environmental and social issues. The increase in the size of the Australian responsible investment market in 2021 – which now accounts for 43% of the country’s total AUM, up from 40% in 2020 – was supported by strong returns to customers. trillion (US$1.05

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