A new approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) research could ease investors’ frustrations with sourcing and evaluating the data required for objective credit analysis. Thanks to a surge in company reporting, ESG metrics can now be quantified and incorporated into analyses that were historically rooted in fundamental research alone.

Investors face an urgent challenge in understanding, analyzing and managing biodiversity risks.

Investors need to understand the potential physical damage from natural hazards before they can assess their financial implications.

Just six metrics can effectively assess sovereign issuers’ sustainability and provide guidance for both issuers and investors.

Progress toward a sustainable world would be hamstrung without the backing of global banks and their sponsorship of green and sustainable bonds.

Corporate bonds that fund environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives continue to capture investor hearts and minds. But ESG-labeled bonds come in different stripes, so investors need to discern among the good, the bad and the occasional ugly ones merely posing as ESG bonds.

As global warming worries approach critical mass, corporate bond investors expect issuers to be part of the solution.

More securities labeled as environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds are being issued by a wider variety of companies than ever before.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are all important to the sustainability of an investment.

As one of the fastest-growing bond sectors, emerging-market (EM) corporate debt has become too big to ignore. With US$2.7 trillion outstanding across more than 600 companies, it’s now larger than the entire EM sovereign sector and is equal to the US-dollar and euro high-yield markets combined.

The shift to electric vehicles means major changes across the supply chain and involves multiple ESG challenges. As the auto industry strives to institute sustainable practices, investors need to engage with governments and corporates to encourage and accelerate the process of change.