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ICMA Centre academics collaborate with Climate Bonds Initiative on first Green Bond Investor Survey

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Aiming to gain an understanding of how the fixed-income investment community is addressing or intending to address climate change through investment decision, Dr Ivan Sangiorgi and Dr Lisa Schopohl helped to support the Green Bond European Investor Survey by providing statistical analysis.

Findings from the report suggest investors want deals with high climate impact and value green credentials.

This survey also looked into identifying measures that could help grow the green bond market from an investor's perspective. Read the full paper here.

Dr Ivan Sangiorgi

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Lisa Schopohl

Associate Professor of Finance
Published 28 November 2019
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