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Moody’s Forecasts Resilient Sustainable Bond Market, with Cleantech Investment Offset by Soft Macro Environment

ESG Today

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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Sustainable Bond Market Rebounds, Resuming Double Digit Growth: Moody’s

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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. While the U.S. Non-financial corporate issuance in the U.S.

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Green Bond Momentum Builds in H1 2023

Chris Hall

Investor demand for green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) has surged in H1 2023, with regulatory developments bringing greater transparency and confidence to the market. Linklaters forecasts record year for green bonds, while SLB issuance suffers Q2 slowdown.

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Corporate Decarbonization, Supportive Policy to Drive 2023 Rebound in Sustainable Bond Market: Moody’s

ESG Today

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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Investors “Head Over Heels” for GSS+ Bonds

Chris Hall

In an oversubscribed market, greater opportunities for investors lie in social, sustainable, SLBs and blue bonds. billion in 2022. Green bond issuance made up just over half of labelled volumes in 2022, totalling US$487.1 This was followed by sustainability bonds contributing US$166.4 billion, social bonds US$130.2

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Sustainable Bond Volumes Outperforming Market in all Regions Except North America: Moody’s

ESG Today

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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GSSS: A Direct Path to a Just Transition

Chris Hall

Social bond issuance picked up significantly in 2020 as governments implemented large support programmes and allocated bond proceeds to address the health crisis caused by Covid-19. Figures shown to right of chart are as at 30 June 2022. We expect more countries to follow.