Green bond impact reporting: investor needs and principles

Issuer awareness of what investors want is key to the development of impact reporting.

How investors made an impact

Manuel Lewin, head of sustainable investments at Zurich Insurance, a key player in the green bond market, says the barrier to better reporting is often issuer nervousness.

“The biggest challenge [to developing a global impact reporting framework for green bonds] is issuers’ reluctance to provide impact reporting that is not 100% refined,” he says.

“Existing impact reporting covers a wide range in terms of comprehensiveness and quality. We are satisfied with most existing impact reporting as a starting point.

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