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. was particularly slow in the quarter, falling to $9 billion from $17 billion in Q1 2022.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects. . China’s ambition to green its financial market has been making significant progress. SOEs accounted for about half the onshore green issuances from 2019 to 2022.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By assessing the positive and negative impacts of total volumes of financial flows and stocks on climate mitigation goals, the report found a low degree of climate-alignment across asset classes Within an outstanding corporate bonds universe of US$34 trillion in 2023, green bonds made up US$1.6 trillion, compared with US$1.7

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ESG Today

AUGUST 1, 2024

Green bonds continued to account for the majority of sustainable bond issuance at $146 billion for the quarter. Green bond volumes were down 12% year-over-year in the first half of 2024, driven by a sharp decline in Asia Pacific issuance.

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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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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

The measures in sum: The package of measures is intended to improve trust and transparency in the market for sustainable investment products and minimize greenwashing. The proposed guidance is designed to help firms better understand the FCA’s expectations under the anti-greenwashing rule and other associated requirements.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

In this paper, we describe our process for assessing ESG-labeled bonds and show that, by systematically applying this framework, investors can help set a gold standard for the market, avoid surprises from controversy and greenwashing, and potentially generate more alpha over time. 1%–5% Range of “greenium,” March 31, 2022.

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ESG Today

JULY 31, 2023

For the second quarter, GSSS bond issuance volumes of $258 billion were flat over the same period last year, recovering from a sharp decline in the second half of 2022, and significantly outperforming the broader market, with GSSS bonds rising to 15% share of global bond market issuance.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The answer depends on the fund, the region, the sector, and the company. In a market that expanded before firm regulatory guardrails were put in place, there is very valid concern that some transition-labelled funds may be perpetuating greenwashing by investing in companies misaligned with credible decarbonisation pathways.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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 Despite the 2022 decline, the sustainable bond market substantially outperformed the global bond market, which saw issuance volume fall by 27%. trillion in 2021.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

In an oversubscribed market, greater opportunities for investors lie in social, sustainable, SLBs and blue bonds. Investor demand for green, social, sustainable, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) is far outstripping supply, the Climate Bonds Initiative’s (CBI) Green Bond Pricing in the Primary Market H2 report illustrates.

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3BL Media

JULY 11, 2023

Target-Based: ESG Bond Goals Have Expanded ESG-labeled bonds have come a long way quickly, and innovation shows no signs of slowing. UOPs, which are project-based, include green bonds and social bonds that firms issue to finance their environmental or social programs.

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ESG Today

JULY 25, 2024

ESMA also recommended the establishment of a product categorization system for sustainable and transition investments, to help investors understand financial products’ sustainability characteristics and simplify product selection.

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Chris Hall

MAY 16, 2024

Similarly to green bonds, SLBs have also been criticised for acting as a potential ‘ platform for greenwashing ‘ , with their proceeds sometimes not being used for sustainable causes. Nevertheless, the flexibility they afford has been welcomed in some regions – particularly in developing markets. “We

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Hosted by Regulation Asia & ESG Investor on 5 October 2022 online. With the introduction of Sustainability Linked Bonds (SLB) as an alternative to green bonds, there has been an increase in SLB-related debt from corporates who aren’t using their loans to fund sustainability-related projects.

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Some fixed-income funds may purchase green bonds issued by fossil fuel companies to help them finance renewable energy projects. A lot of the claims of “greenwashing” really have to do with a mismatch between investor expectations and a fund’s specific sustainable-investing approach. investors.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

billion of climate finance for developing countries in 2022, it was revealed this week, exceeding for the first time the US$100 billion annual level set in Copenhagen in 2009. Ten years after – It might have taken them a little more than a decade, but at last they got there. Developed nations mobilised US$115.9

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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. Figures shown to right of chart are as at 30 June 2022.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

The rules were issued for consultation in January 2022, with the aim to enhance the transparency of disclosures on sustainability-related products, improve product comparability, and guard against greenwashing. .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

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. trillion by the end of 2022. Transition challenges. But issuance by sovereigns will grow from a low base, especially in Asia.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Data published this week from the World Bank – ‘Sovereign Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds: Unlocking the Potential for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies’ – show that total issuance reached US$3.5 trillion by September, with demand for emerging market labelled bonds far outstripping the rest of the world.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Investors are still only receiving limited sustainability information when investing in light or dark green funds in Europe, new analysis has revealed. Although the EU Taxonomy and SFDR were designed to increase transparency and reduce opportunities for greenwashing, it’s still early days, and there is much work to do.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“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. billion in commitments across five blended finance vehicles since 2017.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

According to ZD Proxy, in 2022, the number of A-share companies releasing ESG reports accounted for 30.8% of the total, with the percentage of CSI 300 Index constituent companies that have disclosed ESG reports reaching 90.3%.” ChinaSIF estimates that the size of China’s ESG market in 2022 was RMB 24.6 trillion (US$3.57

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Adapting to reality – The findings of the UN’s Adaptation Gap Report 2022 should ensure the topic commands attention throughout COP27, which starts Sunday (as if a year of record-breaking droughts, floods and heatwaves wasn’t enough). But from Australia to India to Gabon , there are examples of ambitious policy action in 2022.

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ESG Today

MARCH 5, 2023

This week in ESG news: BCG launches sustainability and climate policy & regulation center; Congress votes down Biden ESG investing rule; Deutsche Bank eyes big sustainable finance opportunity; Canada government to require suppliers to disclose emissions, set targets; Citi sets climate goals for carbon-intensive sectors; EU lawmakers agree to new (..)

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

billion industry (as of 2022) that is expected to reach a size of $488.9 In a sector where greenwashing is an increasingly common problem, and practically anything can be presented as an impact investment regardless of the business’ actual impact, this transparency is important. billion by 2030.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

A person close to the Australian Treasury understands that the ‘Finance Agenda’ consultation is likely to include disclosures, taxonomy, transition planning and greenwashing, including financial product labelling. Parker from RIAA welcomes the potential for a product labelling system in Australia.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

But these dropped precipitously starting in 2022, when central banks ramped up interest rates, the Ukraine war drove up energy prices, and Europe established more stringent anti-greenwash fund-disclosure rules. By the second quarter of 2024, Morningstar estimates that net inflows had dropped to US$6.3

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