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Join us for a digest of the latest research, analysis and insights on the relationships between environmental social and corporate governance issues and global business, finance and society. In each episode, hear from experts sharing their insights on how institutional investors can identify and mitigate risks related to ESG factors, but also leverage opportunities in sustainable investment and debt capital markets. This is ESG in Conversation.
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Hosts:
- Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- AIIB & Amundi: Climate Change Investment Framework
- BP: 2020 Energy Outlook report
- World Economic Forum & Deloitte: Summary of alignment discussion among leading sustainability and integrated corporate reporting organization CDP, CDSB, GRI, IIRC and SASB
- Environmental Finance: Defining transition finance: how to be inclusive yet specific
- International Energy Agency: Energy Technology Perspectives 2020
- Hellenic Shipping News: The Poseidon Principles: Shipping emissions reduction efforts steer into new waters
- GRI Universal Standards
- GRI Sector Standard: Oil and Gas
- Natixis CIB: Report on EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities
Sustainalytics SPOs:
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
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:
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Hosts:
- Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Environmental Finance: Sustainable debt market transformed by Covid-19 impact in H1
- BBVA: How sustainability-linked bonds will breathe life into the market
- Environmental Finance: KPI-linked bonds webinar: Investors want ‘Paris alignment’
- Sustainalytics’ company ESG ratings are now public: www.sustainalytics.com/esg-ratings
- Bloomberg: MetLife Makes Green Bond Sale Debut as Financials Pave the Way
- ESI Africa: Nedbank accounts for green bonds launched in South Africa
- Bangkok Post: Govt to offer B30bn of green bonds in August
- GlobalCapital: Moncler find fit for EU 400m sustainability-linked loan
- Environmental Finance: World Bank launches EM green taxonomy development guidelines
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Sustainalytics’ monthly round up of the transactions and developments in the global sustainable finance market. In this episode, Nick and Cheryl note the uptick in social bond issues compared to this time last year. At the end of May global social bond issues amounted to USD 30.4 bn compared to USD 17.3 bn for the entirety of 2019.
Hosts:
- Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Lexology: Sustainable Finance 2.0: Recent Developments in the Loan Market
- International Capital Market Association (ICMA) updates
- Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI): China Green Bond Market report
- Business Standard: State Bank of India plans to raise up to $1.5 bn via overseas bonds in FY21
- Forbes: Why Hydrogen, Why Now? Because Climate, Economy and Finance Say So
- M Bank Second-Party Opinion
- Granite REIT Second-Party Opinion
- Ford Foundation Second-Party Opinion
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Hosts:
- Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Guests:
- Zach Margolis, Project Manager, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Reports and resources mentioned in the episode:
- Second-Party Opinions on Transition Bonds
- South China Morning Post: Green bonds gain popularity, a defensive bet as coronavirus pandemic weighs on markets, investment managers say
- Environmental Finance: Leading academics outline climate-friendly Covid-19 recovery proposals
- The Edge Markets: World’s economists agree economic stimulus ought to be green
- New Guidance in the Market
- Bloomberg: China Purging Coal from Green Bonds Seen Luring Investors (PBOC Green Catalogue changes)
- Climate Bond Initiative: Hong Kong Green Bond Market Briefing
- Plug Power Second-Party Opinion
- NXP Second-Party Opinion
- Analog Devices Second-Party Opinion
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Hosts:
- Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Guests:
- Lili Hocke, Product Manager, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Molly Stern, Manager, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Reports and resources mentioned in the episode:
- Press release: Morningstar acquires Sustainalytics
- Blog: Responding to Coronavirus through social bonds
- Politico: Follow the green money as coronavirus spreads
- Truthout: A Big Oil Bailout Would Be the Opposite of the Green New Deal We Need
- Climate Bonds Initiative:
- Environmental Finance: What makes a good corona-bond?
- Climate Works Australia: Decarbonisation Futures: Solutions, actions and benchmarks for a net zero emissions Australia
- Ministry of Economic Trade and Industry (METI): Concept Paper on Climate Transition Finance Principles
- APLMA/LMA/LSTA: Guidance on Green Loan Principles
- European Commission: Consultation on the renewed sustainable finance strategy
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Hosts:
- Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Guests:
- Enrico Tessardo, Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Melissa Menzies, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Reports and resources mentioned in the episode:
- Sustainalytics ESG Blog – Coronavirus, oil prices and ESG: Three takeaways for investors by Doug Morrow and Kaili Mai
- International Capital Market Association (ICMA) – Q&A and case studies addressing COVID-19
- Transition Pathways Initiative (TPI) report – TPI State of Transition Report 2020
- Rainforest Alliance, Bank Track et al. report – Banking on Climate Change: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2020
- Sustainalytics Sustainable Finance Blog – COVID-19 and Beyond: Using sustainable finance to build social resilience by Jonathan Laski
- Sustainalytics Sustainable Finance Blog – Responding to COVID-19 through Social Bonds by Kevin Ranney
- To read the posts from Sustainalytics’ Coronavirus blog series, please visit https://www.sustainalytics.com/covid-19-resource-center
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Hosts:
- Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Chery Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Guests:
- Jean-Claude Berthelot, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
- Paramjot Kaur, Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Links to select resources:
- Environmental Finance Sustainable Bonds Insight 2020
- Climate Bond Initiative 2019 Green Bond Market Summary
- 10 for 2020: Creating Impact Through Thematic Investing (see Ep. 14 for an overview)
- Technical Expert Group final report on EU taxonomy
- “Toys or weapons? The choice for sustainable loans,” Global Finance, January 30, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
The Sustainable Finance Market Insights Podcast is a pilot three-episode series by Sustainalytics’ Sustainable Finance Solutions team. With this series, we aim to deliver piping hot insights on the latest news and developments in the sustainable finance space.
In this episode, Nick Gandolfo and Cheryl Tay discuss some interesting green bond transactions as well as some noteworthy sustainability linked loans and market and regulatory developments from across the globe.
Want to know more? Visit our website to learn how Sustainalytics supports issuers and banks leverage opportunities in sustainable finance – www.sustainalytics.com/sustainable-finance
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
For more details, please download 10 for 2020: Creating Impact Through Thematic Investing.