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Green, social and sustainability bond issuance to hit $400bn in 2020
04 February 2020Green, social and sustainability bond issuance will hit a combined $400 billion in 2020, up 24% from the previous record of $323 billion achieved in 2019, Moody's Investors Service has predicted.
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"Pitfalls" in ESG ratings requires investor caution
31 January 2020Investors should be cautious when using the growing number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and data providers amid several inherent pitfalls, although valuable insights can still be drawn from them.
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Moody's identifies rising sea levels as threat to sovereign credit
16 January 2020Sea level rises are posing a long-term credit threat to a number of sovereigns, with Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and small island nations the most exposed.
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Australian bushfires hit GDP, but current credit impact limited
15 January 2020Moody's Investors Service believes the short-term sovereign and state-level credit impact of the Australian bushfires will be "limited", but said the rising frequency and severity of the climate change-related natural disasters will "test" issuers.
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S&P Global completes RobecoSAM ratings unit acquisition
13 January 2020S&P Global has completed its acquisition of the environmental, social and governance ratings unit from RobecoSAM for an undisclosed sum.
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France sees 'first green European CMBS'
10 January 2020A European commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) has been issued that is believed to be the first to align with the Green Bond Principles (GBPs).
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Moody's expects green and social covered bonds growth to continue in 2020
06 December 2019New issues of European green and social covered bonds are expected to see further growth in 2020, amid rising demand for the asset class, Moody's said in a report this week.
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Vigeo Eiris to update framework after mapping to SASB
04 December 2019Research and ratings agency Vigeo Eiris is updating some of its environmental and social governance (ESG) analysis models after mapping its framework to those of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).
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Green bond issuance could pass $250 billion in 2019, says Moody's
08 November 2019Moody's has upgraded its prediction for green bond issuance in 2019, to $250 billion, after a stronger than expected third quarter.
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California wildfires illustrate how ESG factors can affect credit, says Moody’s
04 November 2019Wildfires that ravaged parts of California in recent days show the connection between environmental and social risks, and the credit quality of utilities in the US state, Moody’s has said.