Environmental Finance's in-person ESG in Fixed Income EMEA 2022 conference in London recently highlighted the crucial environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics relevant to the fixed income markets in the region, including key trends in green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond markets.
40+ speakers across 11 sessions provided analysis on topics including sovereign GSSS bond issuance, EU taxonomies and standards, sustainability frameworks, ESG data, impact reporting, bondholder engagement, and more.
Here is a roundup of some of the main stories written at the event:
- Emerging markets climate underfunding 'worsening'
- Green bonds 'lead to more granular engagement'
- UK plans green bond tap in May
- G7 countries and central banks 'engage with Aviva' on sustainability
- Emerging markets 'need their own taxonomy'
- EU taxonomy amber category 'could lead to greenwashing'
- SLB step-downs are 'opportunity' for sovereigns
- Russia posed 'challenge' to ESG emerging market benchmarks
- SFDR confusion 'may extend for a decade'
- EU GBS will bring standardisation - but is not perfect, says Triodos
- Tesco to consider social targets in SLBs
