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Environmental issues likely to become a key credit rating driver

The impact of environmental issues on corporate credit ratings is limited but is likely to become a key rating driver in the next five years.

Parliament sends 'clear signal' to EU states for tougher EU GBS

The EU Parliament has passed tougher amendments to the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) which was described by one senior politician as a "clear signal" to EU member states not to water down the proposals.

High-yield, leveraged debt provides 'more direct' ESG engagement

"More direct" access to management in high-yield bond and leveraged loan markets sometimes provides "much better" engagement opportunities on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics, according to a group of credit investors.

Should sustainable bond underwriters stop financing fossil fuels?

Is it time for banks to end support of fossil fuel bonds in order to secure lead manager mandates for sustainable bond transactions?

2Dii: Should ESG ratings be abolished?

Climate finance think tank 2° Investing Initiative (2Dii) has launched a short survey around environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings...

'Disturbing' climate absence in shareholder proposals

Only 2% of shareholder proposals in 2021 related to the environment, with the vast majority based on governance, according to analysis by non-profit Planet Tracker.

Mandate private market disclosures, says LSEG

Policymakers globally should introduce mandatory sustainability disclosure regimes that cover private markets as much as public markets, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has urged.

UK transition plan taskforce consults on framework

iCI & ERM launch 'first' private equity climate disclosure standard

ISS ESG launches regulatory alignment tool