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  • ESG factors increasingly relevant for fixed income investors

    27 June 2018

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are clearly relevant and material for fixed income investors, according to panellists at Environmental Finance's Fixed Income & ESG conference in London.

  • Green bonds turn social

    01 June 2016

    With a slew of 'sustainability' bonds coming to market in recent weeks, Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at what the trend – and an imminent set of Social Bond Principles – means for the green bond market

  • Moody's announces green bond assessment criteria

    14 January 2016

    Moody's is set to shake up the market for green bond 'second opinions', after it revealed plans for its own methodology to assess the environmental credentials of issuers.

  • A range of opinions

    13 April 2015

    Second-party opinion providers are becoming increasingly important to the green bond market. Sophie Robinson Tillett takes a look at the different providers

  • Oekom launches ratings service for green bonds

    09 February 2015

    German sustainability analysis company Oekom Research has launched a ratings service to help investors understand the environmental and social attributes of green bonds.