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Issuers are increasingly constructing sustainable bond frameworks to finance technologies such as carbon capture and low-emission hydrogen, reflecting heightened focus on carbon transition.
Virtual Edition
Americas | APAC | EMEA
13 June - 27 June
Government policies globally are spurring spending on emerging green technologies, emphasizing credit risks and opportunities for companies in carbon-intensive sectors
Hydrogen will not be a major tool of decarbonization for at least another decade. Technological advances, infrastructure investments, regulatory support and cross-sector coordination will be needed.
New applications of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies could reduce exposure to carbon transition risks if policy and innovation bring down high costs and logistical barriers.
Investment in areas such as carbon capture and green hydrogen will bring opportunities for sectors like steel and shipping where technological limits and costs have stymied decarbonization.
The clean energy technology needed for net zero futures of steelmaking, aviation and other industries is drawing investment, but a lot more is needed to transform these sectors.
In this cross-sector rating methodology, we explain our general principles for assessing environmental, social and governance risks in our credit analysis for all sectors globally.
In this methodology supplement, we explain our general approach to assigning carbon transition indicator scores, which assess entities’ carbon transition risk using a set of characteristics that we consider to be relevant and material for credit analysis in certain enterprise sectors.
Learn more about CTIs:
Net zero assessments provide an independent and comparable view on the strength of an entity’s carbon emissions reduction plans compared to a global net zero pathway. They incorporate an entity’s ambition, the implementation of its plan and its governance of greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
Our second party opinion assessment framework explains how we provide second party opinions of green, social and sustainability financial instruments or financing frameworks following either a use of proceeds or sustainability-linked approach.
Our heat map of environmental risk includes 90 sectors with about $82 trillion in rated debt. It reflects our assessment of the credit materiality of environmental risks for sectors across rating groups.
Our heat map of social risk includes 90 sectors with about $82 trillion in rated debt. It reflects our assessment of the credit materiality of social considerations for sectors across rating groups.
In this cross-sector rating methodology, we explain our general principles for assessing environmental, social and governance risks in our credit analysis for all sectors globally.
In this methodology supplement, we explain our general approach to assigning carbon transition indicator scores, which assess entities’ carbon transition risk using a set of characteristics that we consider to be relevant and material for credit analysis in certain enterprise sectors.
Learn more about CTIs:
Net zero assessments provide an independent and comparable view on the strength of an entity’s carbon emissions reduction plans compared to a global net zero pathway. They incorporate an entity’s ambition, the implementation of its plan and its governance of greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
Our second party opinion assessment framework explains how we provide second party opinions of green, social and sustainability financial instruments or financing frameworks following either a use of proceeds or sustainability-linked approach.
Our heat map of environmental risk includes 90 sectors with about $82 trillion in rated debt. It reflects our assessment of the credit materiality of environmental risks for sectors across rating groups.
Our heat map of social risk includes 90 sectors with about $82 trillion in rated debt. It reflects our assessment of the credit materiality of social considerations for sectors across rating groups.
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Join us as we gather a virtual audience across three sessions to explore the drivers and hurdles around emerging green tech. Top external practitioners and our in-house credit experts will debate how investment could make low-carbon solutions a viable alternative – and the factors that could stand in the way of evolution in this space.
Join us as we gather a virtual audience across three sessions to explore the drivers and hurdles around emerging green tech. Top external practitioners and our in-house credit experts will debate how investment could make low-carbon solutions a viable alternative – and the factors that could stand in the way of evolution in this space.
Join us as we gather a virtual audience across three sessions to explore the drivers and hurdles around emerging green tech. Top external practitioners and our in-house credit experts will debate how investment could make low-carbon solutions a viable alternative – and the factors that could stand in the way of evolution in this space.
Swami Venkataraman
Associate Managing Director
Sustainable Finance - Assessments
Rebecca Karnovitz
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer
Sustainable Finance – Thought Leadership