Ronald van der Wouden, managing director at RockCreek, shares his view on how investors in green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds can stimulate discussions around the Paris Agreement and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
He was speaking on the sidelines of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income 2022 conference in New York.
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