Sustainable Finance Insights - August 2020 Highlights

In this episode, Cheryl and Nick discuss the smorgasbord of activity in the sustainable finance space, noting an increasing diversification among issuers, use of proceeds and deal structures. This as monthly green bond issuance peaked in the month of July at USD$20 billion.

Hosts:

• Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
• Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• ING: Asia’s lamentable green Covid-19 response
• Morningstar: Sustainable Fund Flows Hit Record in Q2
• Harvard Business Review: The Challenge of Rating ESG Performance
• Sustainalytics’ public company ESG Risk Ratings
• S&P Global: Growing supply chain focus prompts interest in nascent form of ESG finance
• Sustainalytics: ESG Risk Ratings License
• Oxfam: Making Green Bonds Work
• Climate Bonds Initiative: Agriculture Criteria
• Global Impact Investing Network: R3 (Response, Recovery, and Resilience) Investment Coalition
• Bonds and SPOs:
  • Alphabet Sustainability Bond Framework Second-Party Opinion
  • Coca-Cola FEMSA Green Bond Framework Second-Party Opinion
  • MTR Sustainable Finance Framework Second-Party Opinion