A New Dawn : Rethinking Sovereign ESG

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is quickly becoming ordre du jour in sovereign debt investing. There remains, however, lack of clarity around frameworks for scoring sovereign ESG performance, industry practices, and the defini...

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Main Authors: Gratcheva, Ekaterina M., Gurhy, Bryan, Emery, Teal, Wang, Dieter, Oganes, Luis, Linzie, Jarrad K., Harvey, Lydia, Marney, Katherine, Murray, Jessica, Rink, Rupert
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/694901623100755591/A-New-Dawn-Rethinking-Sovereign-ESG
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spelling okr-10986-357532021-06-15T05:10:53Z A New Dawn : Rethinking Sovereign ESG Gratcheva, Ekaterina M. Gurhy, Bryan Emery, Teal Wang, Dieter Oganes, Luis Linzie, Jarrad K. Harvey, Lydia Marney, Katherine Murray, Jessica Rink, Rupert ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE INVESTOR SURVEY GLOBAL PROGRAM ON SUSTAINABILITY GREEN FINANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is quickly becoming ordre du jour in sovereign debt investing. There remains, however, lack of clarity around frameworks for scoring sovereign ESG performance, industry practices, and the definition of sustainability itself. This World Bank publication consists of two independent reports. The first part is written by the World Bank and takes stock of the current sovereign ESG investing framework and proposes improvements. The second part presents a survey on ESG practices among emerging market (EM) sovereign debt investors conducted by J.P. Morgan (JPM), which launched the first EM sovereign ESG index in 2018. This publication is a result of the World Bank's proactive engagement with stakeholders on pertinent sovereign ESG issues and is part of a publication series under the auspices of the Global Program on Sustainability (GPS). 2021-06-14T21:16:13Z 2021-06-14T21:16:13Z 2021-06-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/694901623100755591/A-New-Dawn-Rethinking-Sovereign-ESG http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35753 English Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Insight; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work
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topic ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
GOVERNANCE
INVESTOR SURVEY
GLOBAL PROGRAM ON SUSTAINABILITY
GREEN FINANCE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
spellingShingle ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
GOVERNANCE
INVESTOR SURVEY
GLOBAL PROGRAM ON SUSTAINABILITY
GREEN FINANCE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Gratcheva, Ekaterina M.
Gurhy, Bryan
Emery, Teal
Wang, Dieter
Oganes, Luis
Linzie, Jarrad K.
Harvey, Lydia
Marney, Katherine
Murray, Jessica
Rink, Rupert
A New Dawn : Rethinking Sovereign ESG
relation Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Insight;
description Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is quickly becoming ordre du jour in sovereign debt investing. There remains, however, lack of clarity around frameworks for scoring sovereign ESG performance, industry practices, and the definition of sustainability itself. This World Bank publication consists of two independent reports. The first part is written by the World Bank and takes stock of the current sovereign ESG investing framework and proposes improvements. The second part presents a survey on ESG practices among emerging market (EM) sovereign debt investors conducted by J.P. Morgan (JPM), which launched the first EM sovereign ESG index in 2018. This publication is a result of the World Bank's proactive engagement with stakeholders on pertinent sovereign ESG issues and is part of a publication series under the auspices of the Global Program on Sustainability (GPS).
format Report
author Gratcheva, Ekaterina M.
Gurhy, Bryan
Emery, Teal
Wang, Dieter
Oganes, Luis
Linzie, Jarrad K.
Harvey, Lydia
Marney, Katherine
Murray, Jessica
Rink, Rupert
author_facet Gratcheva, Ekaterina M.
Gurhy, Bryan
Emery, Teal
Wang, Dieter
Oganes, Luis
Linzie, Jarrad K.
Harvey, Lydia
Marney, Katherine
Murray, Jessica
Rink, Rupert
author_sort Gratcheva, Ekaterina M.
title A New Dawn : Rethinking Sovereign ESG
title_short A New Dawn : Rethinking Sovereign ESG
title_full A New Dawn : Rethinking Sovereign ESG
title_fullStr A New Dawn : Rethinking Sovereign ESG
title_full_unstemmed A New Dawn : Rethinking Sovereign ESG
title_sort new dawn : rethinking sovereign esg
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/694901623100755591/A-New-Dawn-Rethinking-Sovereign-ESG
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