Below is an excerpt from ISS-Corporate’s recently released article “EU Green Bond Standard Sees Strong 2025 Momentum”. The full article is available on ISS-Corporate’s resources page.
In November 2024, we asked prospective issuers of European Green Bonds and underwriters with experience in the Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS) bonds market about their appetite for early voluntary alignment with the EU’s Green Bond Standard. Respondents gave mixed feedback – some indicated having concrete plans for adopting the new standard, while others were skeptical about the applicability to their business model and the benefits compared to other market standards. One year on, based on the first EU Green Bond (EuGB) issuances, we find that corporate issuers in the energy sector are the most frequent first-movers and that investors are eager to add such labelled instruments to their portfolios.
By:
Ioana Bejan, Associate Vice President, Sustainable Finance Research, ISS-Corporate.
