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Moody s ESG Solutions Group announced today that Moody s affiliate V.E has provided a Second Party Opinion on Italy s sovereign green bond framework and first green bond issuance. The framework, which is aligned with the four core components of the Green Bond Principles 2018, will be used to finance budget lines reflective of Italy s environmental priorities, including renewable energy and clean transportation. In V.E s opinion, these categories are likely to contribute to seven of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In our assessment, the bonds issued via this framework will provide a robust contribution to sustainability. Italy has committed to conduct due diligence on the environmental contribution of the projects that it chooses to finance. The financed expenses have clear benefits in terms of climate mitigation, climate adaptation, pollution prevention and control, transition to a circular economy, the responsible management of natural resources, and the
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KBRA said the development, weighting, and ranking of the key factors in ESG scores are endeavors best left to investors rather than to rating agency credit analysts.
Moody s ESG Solutions Group Appoints Global Head of ESG Measures
Moody s announced today that it has appointed Sabine Lochmann as Global Head of Moody s ESG Measures. In this newly-established role, Ms. Lochmann will lead the ESG measures business within Moody s ESG Solutions Group, which was formed in September 2020 to serve the growing global demand for ESG and climate analytics. Ms. Lochmann will report to Andrea Blackman, Global Head of Moody s ESG Solutions. Our customers are increasingly seeking ESG information as a key input for strategic planning, investment decisions, and risk analysis. Moody s is committed to meeting market needs by providing trusted data, insights and standards that help decision makers act with confidence, said Ms. Blackman. Sabine s extensive expertise will be key to the continued development of Moody s ESG solutions suite and support our mission to advance clarity, knowledge and fairness in an interconnected world.
Moody’s Launches DataHub, Collating Billions of Data Points for Decision-Makers to Explore and Analyze
Friday, January 29, 2021 10:40AM IST (5:10AM GMT)
New York, United States:
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) today announced the launch of Moody’s DataHub, a new cloud-based analytical platform that integrates data from across Moody’s, including its affiliates. Moody’s DataHub enables financial and risk decision-makers to explore, analyze and consume a wide range of relevant information seamlessly and efficiently.
“With Moody’s DataHub, we are bringing our vast assets together to support today’s data science and analytic needs,” said Stephen Tulenko, President of Moody’s Analytics. “Moody’s is helping customers seamlessly analyze financial and nonfinancial information, combining structured and unstructured data to support better decisions.”