ESG Debt: A User’s Guide to Ever-Growing Menu of Bonds And Loans

Oct. 16, 2019, 7:53 AM UTC

ESG is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the debt market by volume and one of the most varied by deal type.

Bond issuers have sold or offered green, green transition, social and sustainable development notes in just the last week or so. In addition, Enel SpA priced the first sustainability-linked bonds in euros.

The loan market has also embraced debt related to ESG, or the idea of using environmental, social and governance factors to measure the sustainability and ethical impact of a business. More than $100 billion of loans with pricing linked to ESG targets have been issued since ...

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