ESG

The sustainable debt market has become unsustainable

The European Union's first social bond sale, totaling 17 billion euros, was 14 times oversubscribed, meaning the EU could have sold 200 billion euros worth of bonds. That indicates a market that’s structurally underserved.

How lenders aim to profit from climate change

HSBC, Bank of the West and Fannie Mae are among those offering green mortgage bonds, financing commercial clients’ efforts to rein in carbon emissions and developing other novel products that help customers tackle environmental challenges.

By Laura Alix
Staff Writer
American Banker

SFVegas: Investors demanding more in ESG criteria

ABS investors who have previously needed only to know an asset was excluded from verboten classes like tobacco, oil and gas or firearms are now pressing for details on how well an investment stacks up in the social and governance factors.