Climate Bonds Welcomes Sustainable Fitch to its Partnership Programme
LONDON 03/04/2024: Sustainable Fitch joins the Climate Bonds Initiative’s (Climate Bonds) Partnership Programme, fostering the continuous growth of Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS+) markets.
Sustainable Fitch will engage in a spectrum of information initiatives that have the potential to serve a wide range of issuers, investors, corporations and other stakeholders in the Climate Bonds Partners’ network. As a trusted Partner, Sustainable Fitch will continue to cover and share insights on key sustainability initiatives through its insightful research and analytics.
Through the Climate Bonds Partnership Programme, Sustainable Fitch will make use of the Climate Bonds’ data screened for alignment with the NGO’s well-honed science-based methodology. Sustainable Fitch and Climate Bonds will collaborate on supporting investors and corporates globally with the dissemination of credible sustainability data and opinions used in investment decision making.
Mike Simonton, Head of Sustainable Fitch:
“This partnership allows us to broaden our reach as we continue to provide the market with transparent, quality information on critical environmental, social and governance issues.”
Sean Kidney, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Climate Bonds Initiative:
“Sustainable Fitch helps investors navigate the challenge of ensuring returns that are sustainable for both portfolios and the planet. We are proud to announce we will be working together under our Partnerships programme.”
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Climate Bonds contact:
Luiza Mello
Senior Communications Specialist
Notes for journalists
About Sustainable Fitch
Sustainable Fitch, part of Fitch Solutions, provides insights, tools and data to help bring clarity to the ESG financial community. We provide transparent, objective and substantive data that enables confidence in decision-making. Fitch’s suite of objective ESG data and analysis focuses on consistency, comparability, coverage and granularity. Leaning on best-in-class analytics and research, and our reputation for transparency and integrity, we offer the financial community a comprehensive ESG data and analysis solution.
Powered by the human insight that has differentiated Fitch for over 100 years, Sustainable Fitch helps the financial community make smarter decisions, using the best ESG information available.
Fitch Solutions is part of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is owned by Hearst. Further information: www.fitchsolutions.com.
About the Climate Bonds Initiative
Climate Bonds Initiative is an investor-focused not-for-profit, promoting large-scale investment in the low carbon economy. Climate Bonds undertakes advocacy and outreach to inform and stimulate the market, provides policy models and government advice, market data and analysis, and administers an international Standard & Certification Scheme for best practice in green bonds issuance. For more information, please visit www.climatebonds.net.
About the Climate Bonds Partners Programme
Banks, institutional investors, private and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments are eligible to join as Climate Bond Partners to help grow a market of green and climate bonds.
Partners support investor and stakeholder outreach and education projects centred on growing robust and sustainable green bond markets that contribute to climate action and low carbon investment. Partners assist in developing initiatives to grow investment in climate finance solutions, participate in different market development committees and help define policy agendas for sector, country and sub-national green bond development programs.
A list of Partners is available here.
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