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As our Sustainable Finance Insight series hits 10 episodes, Nick and Cheryl discuss developments and deals over the months of September and October. One notable milestone was the delivery of Sustainalytics’ 500th SPO in October. Check out our retrospective on the sustainable bond market. The Climate Bond Initiative also noted that green bond issuance has surpassed USD 1 trillion and sustainable finance issuance has topped USD 2 trillion since inception.
In addition to market updates, Cheryl and Nick answer some listener questions. Submit your questions to podcast@sustainalytics.com.
Hosts:
- Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- ICMA Quarterly Newsletter – Sustainability-Linked Bond from External Review Perspective
- ICMA response to the EC consultation on the EU Green Bond Standard
- Increasing sustainable bond market scrutiny
- Asian Investor
- The Asset
- Environmental Finance: Science Based Targets initiative launch finance sector framework
- BCG: Why the new competitive advantage demands sustainability (Sustainable Business Model Innovation)
- Nordea: Lessons from the infant sustainability-linked bond market
- Wall Street Journal: Companies test a new type of ESG bond with fewer restrictions
- OECD: Developing Sustainable Finance Definitions and Taxonomies
- I&PE: International sustainable finance forum starts taxonomy work, gains IMF
Sustainalytics’ SPOs
- adidas Sustainability Bond Framework Second-Party Opinion
- EU SURE Social Bond Framework Second-Party Opinion
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