In this episode, Nick and Cheryl discuss some of the key sustainable finance deals and transactions from the beginning of the year. Environmental Finance released its annual Sustainable Bonds Insights report, which highlights a record year for green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds with more than 602 billion in issuance in 2020. Also of note in the report is that Sustainalytics continues to be a market leader with more than 30% of market share among opinion providers (based on number of issuers).
 



Hosts:
Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Environmental Finance: Sustainable Bonds Insights 2021
CBI: Record $269.5bn green issuance for 2020 (includes themes for 2021)
Sustainalytics: 2021 Outlook podcast episode
BlackRock: Larry Fink 2021 letter to CEOs
Pension Age: Cushon launches ‘world’s first’ Net Zero Now pension
Portfolio Earth: Bankrolling Extinction
Environmental Finance: Are green bonds funding the transition?
Environmental Finance: Green Bond Funds – Impact Reporting Practices 2020
CBI & HSBC: Sovereign Green, Social and Sustainability Bond Survey
Sustainalytics Country Risk Ratings
Science-Based Targets: From Ambition to Impacts
Sustainalytics Sustainability-Linked Bonds
Hellenic Shipping News: The Poseidon Principles Disclosure Report is good, but the disclosure could have been better
Responsible Investor: Experts question credibility of the world’s first official transition bond despite high investor demand

Sustainalytics SPOs:
Central China Real Estate Limited Green Finance Framework
BDO Sustainable Finance Framework
Hudson Green Financing Framework
Trinity Industries Leasing Company Green Financing Framework
CSCDA Community Improvement Authority Social Bond Framework
New World Development Green Finance Framework
Seaspan Sustainability-Linked Bond



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