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Asia’s Sovereigns to Embrace Sustainable Bonds

Chris Hall

Moody’s cited challenges including short-term post-pandemic support for businesses and households, long-term sustainable development challenges, including climate risk mitigation, and gradual, uneven recovery in revenue streams. Developing economies globally need to invest as much as US$4.5 trillion) to reach the goals.

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No Time to Rest in Passive ESG Market

Chris Hall

To take one UK-based example, when FTSE4Good was launched in 2001, a pioneering benchmark for socially responsible investing (SRI), the focus was on carbon emissions. A linked question is whether the large number of indices could provide cover for greenwashing by unscrupulous businesses or asset managers.