Green bond impact reporting: shining a light on best practices

With the explosive growth of green social and sustainability bonds, investor interest in these instruments is growing. But the way that green bond issuers and funds report on their environmental or social impact varies widely.

This webinar will look at how such reporting practices have evolved and hear recommendations for best practices. It will also include an opening presentation from Environmental Finance on key takeaways from the Green Bond Funds - Impact Reporting Practices 2020 report.

Green Bond Funds - Impact Reporting Practices 2020 report

Environmental Finance, supported by the IFC and the Green Bond Technical Assistance Program (GB-TAP), has created a report analysing green bond fund impact reporting practices. The report focuses on current fund level reporting practices and green bond fund investor expectations. The results of the report will be discussed on this webinar and will seek to demonstrate how issuers and investors can approach impact reporting in a rigorous, consistent, and effective manner.

  • Fund level impact reporting – market summary
  • What are the key challenges in producing fund level impact reports?
  • Best practice tools: identifying data outliers, liaising with issuers, and methodologies for unifying disparate datasets, standards, and taxonomies


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Key topics of discussion

How are green bond impact reports evolving?

What do investors expect and require from green bond impact reports?

How are green bond funds communicating impact reporting requirements to issuers and supporting their impact reporting practices?

What are the main barriers to greater standardisation and transparency in green bond reporting at an issuer and fund level?

Which emerging fintech solutions could be applied to green bond impact reporting?

Speakers

Ahren Lester (Moderator)
Senior Reporter, Environmental Finance
Ben Smith
Research Analyst, Environmental Finance
Jürgen Köstner
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations, Kfw
Katie House Analyst
Sustainability & Impact, Affirmative Investment Management
Peter Lööw
Head of Responsible Investment, Alecta
Simone Utermarck
Director, Sustainable Finance, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)

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