Both issuers and investors in Canada are particularly concerned by pollution: many demand more effort be devoted to this problem. But the transition is still at quite an early stage only 14% of issuers say they have a plan to reach full sustainability. This fundamental change is increasingly reflected in Canada’s capital markets.
Opposition to sustainable finance begins to thaw
Environmental questions in particular are now a core element in issuers’ and investors’ thinking about financing and investing. Issuers are leading this shift, but – in a country whose rich natural resources, cold climate and vast geography are all important economic factors – the more cautious Canadian buyside is moving too.
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The research, conducted on behalf of HSBC, shows how the market is gaining new areas of focus in China, including health, supply chains and carbon capture. But the market still faces challenges, such as returns and disclosure, and participants especially issuers are eager for more government support.
Continuing green shoots
Green and sustainable finance are moving rapidly into the mainstream of financial markets thinking in China. That trend emerges strongly from our annual survey of practitioners, which this year includes a special focus on China.
The 90 capital markets issuers and 90 investors in China who took part in this research reveal a striking openness, both to investing in the green and sustainable economy and to issuing green and sustainable debt. But they also highlight some significant remaining obstacles, above all the perceived returns.