ESG Today

JANUARY 27, 2025

If the forecast is achieved, it would mark the fifth consecutive year of sustainable bond issuance at around the $1 trillion level. By bond type, green bonds are anticipated to continue to dominate, with Moodys forecasting record issuance in 2025 of $620 billion, up slightly over 2024.

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ESG Today

MAY 2, 2024

Issuance volumes of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds rebounded sharply in Q1 2024 over the prior quarter, rising 36% to $281 billion, up from $207 billion in Q4 2023, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 3, 2025

The pullback threatens to erode years of progress, which has made Europe the leading market for sustainable funds , green bonds and other responsible investments, and jeopardizes the capital needed for the EUs ambitious climate goals. Here are the main rollbacks proposed in the initial package.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Following these pressures, ESMA noted that “the uptake of ESG investing and the growth of ESG markets levelled off in 2023, and that investor interest in products with sustainability features appears to have remained relatively flat in the first half of 2024, with Article 9 funds seeing net outflows of €9.4

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The CSRD has already been adopted and will kick in from reporting year 2024. The EU Green Taxonomy is also instrumental for the upcoming EU Green Bonds Standard. As the cornerstone of many current and upcoming regulations, the quality and comparability of the EU Green Taxonomy’s reporting data is crucial.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

In 2024, large U.S. In 2024, large U.S. companies rose sharply between 2021 and 2024, although overall support was 27% in 2024, down from 37% in 2021. By the second quarter of 2024, Morningstar estimates that net inflows had dropped to US$6.3 According to Morningstar data , the number of ESG resolutions at U.S.

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