How can you tell if a “sustainability-linked bond” is the real thing?
January 26, 2023 •
– Explains the difference between “green bonds” and “sustainability-linked bonds” (known as “SLBs”).
– SLBs can be thought of more as being “sustainability adjacent” – you have to really inspect the terms to see if the true goals of them are sustainability-friendly.
In the first 8:20 of this “ESG Now” podcast, Bentley Kaplan interviews Meghna Mehta in MSCI’s ESG Research department.
They do a nice job about explaining the difference between “green bonds” and “sustainability-linked bonds” (known as “SLBs”), about how SLBs can be thought of more as being “sustainability adjacent” – and that you have to really inspect the terms of a SLB to see if the true goals of them are sustainability-friendly.