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S&P Acquires Largest Sustainable Bond Rating Provider Shades of Green

ESG Today

Leading credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics provider S&P Global announced today the acquisition of the largest external reviewer of sustainable bond and green financing frameworks Shades of Green from Norway-based Center for International Climate Research (CICERO). trillion now compared to $1.5

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GSS Bonds Suffer First Ever Slump in 2022

Chris Hall

Climate Bonds Initiative’s (CBI) Market Intelligence report found green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked (SLB) and transition bonds (collectively known as GSS+) had fallen from over a record US$1 trillion in 2021 to US$863.4 Of that total, sustainability bonds contributed US$166.4

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ECB Launches New Financed Emissions and Sustainable Finance Indicators to Track Climate Risk

ESG Today

The sustainable finance indicators track the issuance and holdings of debt instruments with sustainability characteristics, such as green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds in the euro area, providing information on the proceeds raised to finance sustainable projects.

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Sustainable Bond Proceeds Disproportionately Allocated to Climate Mitigation over Adaptation: Fitch

ESG Today

For the report, Sustainable Fitch examined the green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked labeled bonds rated by its ESG Ratings service, with a focus on the instruments’ Use of Proceeds’ contribution to green and social impact, and the level of transparency and ambition in project or target selection.

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Asia’s Sovereigns to Embrace Sustainable Bonds

Chris Hall

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. As a result, besides ecological and social impact, they can benefit financially if the engagement proves successful,” they said.

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Nasdaq 2022 Sustainability Report: Supporting the Investment Community

3BL Media

Our sustainable debt markets are designed to highlight sustainable investment opportunities to investors with a green, social or sustainable investment agenda. The number of sustainable debt instruments listed on Nasdaq grew by 11% during 2022 and the volume of listed bonds grew by 27%.