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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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

Achieving net zero by 2050 could require the climate bond universe to reach US$36 trillion by 2025 and over US$60 trillion by 2030, it added. The ESG-labelled bond markets are typically considered to include green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Yet, there is growing evidence that funds labeled as ‘sustainable’ do not always deliver what they promise. Research by S&P found that of 12,000 funds researched, representing US$20 trillion assets under management (AUM), only 11% were aligned with the Paris Agreement to keep temperatures below 2C increase.

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