LONDON (June 20, 2024) – ISS-Corporate, a leading provider of compensation, governance, cyber risk monitoring, and sustainability offerings to help companies improve shareholder value and reduce risk, today announced it has been named “Best Second Party Opinion Provider” for 2024 in three categories by GlobalCapital, a London-based provider of insight and analysis to international capital markets, at its Bond Awards ceremony held June 19. ISS-Corporate was named best Second Party Opinion (SPO) provider in the categories of FIG ESG blonds, corporate ESG bonds, and emerging market ESG bonds.
The GlobalCapital Bond Awards, now in their 17th year, are dedicated to recognizing the best issuers, investment banks, investors, rating agencies, law firms and advisers in the international bond market. Winners are chosen based on a vote by market participants comprising issuers, investment banks, investors and other industry players.
ISS-Corporate’s SPO offering provides issuers with an independent assessment of their Green, Social, and Sustainability-linked financing frameworks. ISS-Corporate brings extensive ESG expertise to the Second Party Opinion (SPO) market, leveraging robust in-house data solutions in the crafting of its SPOs and pioneering new methodologies for the measurement of ESG and climate impacts across a variety of asset classes. Its team has delivered more than 800 SPOs to corporate, government, and financial institution issuers, and in 2020 delivered the first SPO for a Sustainability-Linked Bond. In addition to supporting issuers in assessing their financing frameworks, ISS-Corporate’s rigorous global standards give investors the security that the projects they fund are suitably sustainable.
Marija Kramer, Head of ISS-Corporate, said: “The entire team and I are extremely gratified by this recognition, reflecting the hard work and expertise of our Sustainable Finance team and underlying methodological approach.”
To learn more about ISS-Corporate’s SPO offering, please click here.
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About ISS-Corporate
Companies turn to ISS Corporate Solutions, Inc. (“ISS-Corporate”) for expertise in designing and managing governance, compensation, sustainability, and cyber risk programs that align with company goals, reduce risk, and manage the needs of a diverse shareholder base by delivering data, tools, and advisory services. ISS-Corporate’s global client base extends across North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as other established and emerging markets worldwide. ISS-Corporate is a wholly owned subsidiary of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”). ISS-Corporate provides advisory services, analytical tools and publications to companies to enable them to improve shareholder value and reduce risk through the adoption of improved corporate governance practices. The ISS research teams, which are separate from ISS-Corporate, will not give preferential treatment to, and are under no obligation to support, any proxy proposal of a corporate issuer nor provide a favorable rating, assessment, and/or any other favorable results to a corporate issuer (whether or not that corporate issuer has purchased products or services from ISS-Corporate). No statement from an employee of ISS-Corporate should be construed as a guarantee that ISS will recommend that its clients vote in favor of any particular proxy proposal or provide a favorable rating, assessment or other favorable result. For more information, please visit https://www.iss-corporate.com/.
About ISS STOXX
ISS STOXX GmbH, through its group companies, is a leading provider of comprehensive and data-centric research and technology solutions that help capital market participants identify investment opportunities, detect qualitative and quantitative portfolio company risks, and meet evolving regulatory requirements. With roots dating back to 1985, we today deliver world-class benchmark and custom indices across asset classes and geographies and serve as a premier source of independent corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence research, data, and related offerings. Our products and services give clients the scale and leverage they need to grow their business more effectively and efficiently. ISS STOXX, which is majority owned by Deutsche Börse Group, is comprised of more than 3,400 professionals operating across 33 global locations in 19 countries. Its approximately 6,400 clients include many of the world’s leading institutional investors who turn to ISS STOXX for its objective and varied offerings, as well as companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk mitigation as a shareholder value enhancing measure. Clients rely on ISS STOXX’s expertise to help them make informed decisions to benefit their stakeholders.
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Associate, Communications
media@iss-corporate.com
ISS-Corporate Named “Best Second Party Opinion Provider” for 2024
LONDON (June 20, 2024) – ISS-Corporate, a leading provider of compensation, governance, cyber risk monitoring, and sustainability offerings to help companies improve shareholder value and reduce risk, today announced it has been named “Best Second Party Opinion Provider” for 2024 in three categories by GlobalCapital, a London-based provider of insight and analysis to international capital markets, at its Bond Awards ceremony held June 19. ISS-Corporate was named best Second Party Opinion (SPO) provider in the categories of FIG ESG blonds, corporate ESG bonds, and emerging market ESG bonds.
The GlobalCapital Bond Awards, now in their 17th year, are dedicated to recognizing the best issuers, investment banks, investors, rating agencies, law firms and advisers in the international bond market. Winners are chosen based on a vote by market participants comprising issuers, investment banks, investors and other industry players.
ISS-Corporate’s SPO offering provides issuers with an independent assessment of their Green, Social, and Sustainability-linked financing frameworks. ISS-Corporate brings extensive ESG expertise to the Second Party Opinion (SPO) market, leveraging robust in-house data solutions in the crafting of its SPOs and pioneering new methodologies for the measurement of ESG and climate impacts across a variety of asset classes. Its team has delivered more than 800 SPOs to corporate, government, and financial institution issuers, and in 2020 delivered the first SPO for a Sustainability-Linked Bond. In addition to supporting issuers in assessing their financing frameworks, ISS-Corporate’s rigorous global standards give investors the security that the projects they fund are suitably sustainable.
Marija Kramer, Head of ISS-Corporate, said: “The entire team and I are extremely gratified by this recognition, reflecting the hard work and expertise of our Sustainable Finance team and underlying methodological approach.”
To learn more about ISS-Corporate’s SPO offering, please click here.
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About ISS-Corporate
Companies turn to ISS Corporate Solutions, Inc. (“ISS-Corporate”) for expertise in designing and managing governance, compensation, sustainability, and cyber risk programs that align with company goals, reduce risk, and manage the needs of a diverse shareholder base by delivering data, tools, and advisory services. ISS-Corporate’s global client base extends across North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as other established and emerging markets worldwide. ISS-Corporate is a wholly owned subsidiary of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”). ISS-Corporate provides advisory services, analytical tools and publications to companies to enable them to improve shareholder value and reduce risk through the adoption of improved corporate governance practices. The ISS research teams, which are separate from ISS-Corporate, will not give preferential treatment to, and are under no obligation to support, any proxy proposal of a corporate issuer nor provide a favorable rating, assessment, and/or any other favorable results to a corporate issuer (whether or not that corporate issuer has purchased products or services from ISS-Corporate). No statement from an employee of ISS-Corporate should be construed as a guarantee that ISS will recommend that its clients vote in favor of any particular proxy proposal or provide a favorable rating, assessment or other favorable result. For more information, please visit https://www.iss-corporate.com/.
About ISS STOXX
ISS STOXX GmbH, through its group companies, is a leading provider of comprehensive and data-centric research and technology solutions that help capital market participants identify investment opportunities, detect qualitative and quantitative portfolio company risks, and meet evolving regulatory requirements. With roots dating back to 1985, we today deliver world-class benchmark and custom indices across asset classes and geographies and serve as a premier source of independent corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence research, data, and related offerings. Our products and services give clients the scale and leverage they need to grow their business more effectively and efficiently. ISS STOXX, which is majority owned by Deutsche Börse Group, is comprised of more than 3,400 professionals operating across 33 global locations in 19 countries. Its approximately 6,400 clients include many of the world’s leading institutional investors who turn to ISS STOXX for its objective and varied offerings, as well as companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk mitigation as a shareholder value enhancing measure. Clients rely on ISS STOXX’s expertise to help them make informed decisions to benefit their stakeholders.
Media Contact:
Audrey Dedrick
Associate, Communications
media@iss-corporate.com
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