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  • Moody's: Sustainable bonds to secure 'record' 15% market share in 2023

    31 January 2023

    Moody's Investors Service said a fresh trillion-dollar record for sustainable bond issuance in 2023 is "unlikely," but sustainable bonds are forecast to surpass their record-breaking market share set in 2022

  • Moody's: ESG-driven credit risk will accelerate in 2023

    09 January 2023

    Moody's Investors Service said credit risk related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is set to grow in 2023, including because of rising scrutiny of company decarbonisation plans.

  • COP15 agreement 'significant,' but credit impact depends on implementation

    21 December 2022

    Moody's Investors Service said the UN COP15 biodiversity summit agreement is a "significant milestone" considering the extent of natural capital risk in debt markets,...

  • Natural capital regulation may heighten credit risk, says Moody's

    23 September 2022

    Growing momentum behind action to preserve nature will likely drive the development of regulatory frameworks that could expose companies and investors to heightened credit and reputational risk...

  • Moody's: 'Very large overlap' between double materiality and financial materiality

    19 November 2021

    Moody's Investors Service expects that there could be a "very large overlap" between double materiality and the financial materiality...

  • ESG risks cited in 72% of public sector rating actions in 2020

    05 August 2021

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks were cited as material credit considerations in 72% of public sector...

  • ESG Ratings in fixed income: A good start

    19 November 2020

    ESG ratings should only be used as a first step when it comes to assessing issuers, a panel at Environmental Finance's ESG and Fixed Income 2020 conference heard. Ahren Lester reports