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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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

In an oversubscribed market, greater opportunities for investors lie in social, sustainable, SLBs and blue bonds. Thematic bonds have issuers and investors head over heels for one another ! In the GSS+ bond market, green bonds are the most established label and account for over half of labelled volumes.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 14, 2023

Green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition ( GSS+ ) bonds are shaking off recent macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility, with the market on track to hit US$5 trillion in combined issuance by the end of the year. Green bonds made up 62% of the total aligned GSS+ debt (US$278.8

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In addition to volume growth, S&P also anticipates an expansion in bond types, with a more prominent presence for transition and blue bonds, even as green bonds continue to dominate. For 2024, the report forecasts GSSSB issuance volumes of $0.95 trillion to $1.05 trillion, growing slightly from $0.98

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ESG Today

JULY 29, 2022

Sustainable bond issuance outperformed the broader market in the second quarter of 2022, reaching a record 15% of global total issuance, according to a new report from Moody’s ESG Solutions. Moody’s maintained its forecast for stronger GSSS volumes in the second half of the year, and its $1 trillion full year estimate.

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ESG Today

JULY 5, 2023

This offering follows ADR’s issuance of the world’s first SLB by an airport operator in 2021 and its inaugural Green Bond in 2020. With the new issuance, the group’s sustainable debt share now exceeds 60%.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Issuances of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds fell in the third quarter of 2022, but continued to remain more resilient than the broader bond market, growing to a record 16% share of the market in the quarter, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The quarter also saw a continued divergence in regional GSSS trends, with sustainable bond volumes representing 19% of total bond issuance in Europe year-to-date, compared to only 4.5% Despite the pullback, Moody’s maintained its full year forecast for green bond issuance of $550 billion, up more than 10% over 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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ESG Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Shades of Green’s Second Party Opinions (SPOs) are independent, research-based assessments on companies’ and governments’ green, sustainability and sustainability-linked debt issuances and frameworks, evaluating alignment with market standards, typically provided before any borrowing is raised. trillion 2 years ago.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite development barriers, opportunities are emerging for investment in sustainable assets in growing market. Africa has seen rapid growth in issuance of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSS+) bonds and could prove enticing to investors, in spite of existing challenges.

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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%.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 24, 2023

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today the publication of a series of new statistical indicators aimed at helping to analyze climate-related risks in the financial sector and track the progress of the sustainable finance market.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

2022 was a landmark year for impact investing. billion overall in 2022, according to Tameo. Green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds have reached a tipping point. Investors can also find an ever-increasing range of impact investing products.

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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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B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

Social sustainability requires considering their needs. There’s a need for examples of organizations with “successful social justice strategies and processes,” wrote a North American academic. Get Started: What Is Social Sustainability provides an overall framework for action. Sustainable Finance 10.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

An important key to unlocking that finance lies in green and sustainable emerging market bonds, which promise lenders both returns and the opportunity to invest in projects with an ESG impact. trillion by September, with demand for emerging market labelled bonds far outstripping the rest of the world.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

Interest rate hikes prompted a decline in GSS bonds for first time last year, but declining inflation forecasts offer brighter outlook for fixed income in 2023. Green, social and sustainable (GSS) bonds endured a difficult 2022, with the fixed income instruments declining in value and issuance volume for the first year on record.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2023

Strategy looks to invest in issuers “actively” shifting towards renewables, environmentally sustainable practices. It will be available both as a SICAV – the JPMorgan Funds – Green Social Sustainable Bond Fund (SICAV), and as an ETF, the JPMorgan ETFs (Ireland) ICAV – Green Social Sustainable Bond UCITS ETF.

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