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Venture Capital

S&P Global swoops for RobecoSAM's ESG ratings business

Acquisition is latest move from credit ratings giant as it seeks to accelerate and scale up its environmental social governance expertise

clock 25 November 2019 • 3 min read

Investment

Moody's: Green bonds exceeding expectations

Ratings agency predicts green bond market to outperform its expectations of $200bn issuances in 2019

clock 08 November 2019 • 3 min read

Transport

Moody's: Carbon transition threatening half of car manufacturers

A gap is widening in automakers' ability to deal with the low carbon transition, warns ratings agency.

clock 06 November 2019 • 2 min read

Investment

Moody's: Green bond issuance to surge past $200bn in 2019

Global green bonds hit a new all-time quarterly high during the second quarter of this year, with $66.6bn brought to the market

clock 08 August 2019 • 2 min read

Energy

Shell's low carbon efforts could deliver long-term credit rating boost, says Moody's

Increasing investments in EVs, renewables, biofuels and clean tech make Shell a safer long term bet for investors compared to some its oil industry peers, says ratings agency

clock 31 July 2019 • 4 min read

Investment

'This is a big deal': Moody's snaps up share in climate risk data firm Four Twenty Seven

Credit ratings giant said it wants to 'advance global standards for assessing environmental and climate risk factors'

clock 26 July 2019 • 2 min read

Automotive

Carmakers on course for $2-12bn fines for missing EU CO2 targets, warns Moody's

Ratings agency warns of possible credit downgrades, while the UK's auto lobby says 'anti-diesel' agenda has made targets harder to reach

clock 05 April 2019 • 3 min read

Investment

Moody's: Loans for green projects enjoy lower default rates

New study confirms that across a range of industries recovery rates are higher for business loans where the proceeds are used for green projects

clock 19 September 2018 • 1 min read