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

ESG Today

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

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

ESG Today

Issuance volumes for SLBs were particularly weak in the second half of the year, as issuers faced scrutiny of the credibility and robustness of their linked sustainability targets, as well as the sector’s exposure to high-yield issuance. A more supportive policy environment, such as the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S.

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Asia’s Sovereigns to Embrace Sustainable Bonds

Chris Hall

Much of the required fund-raising will be realised through sustainable bonds, said Moody’s, due to a post-pandemic focus on investment to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and major governments’ pursuit of net zero CO2 emissions targets. Developing economies globally need to invest as much as US$4.5