Moody's today launched Moody's ESG360, an easy-to-use platform that provides portfolio managers with ESG analyst-verified scores and modelled ESG and climate intelligence on private and public companies
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Based on a sample of 5,300 large, publicly traded global companies, over 2,000 (38%) have at least one facility associated with habitat loss, according to a report by Moody s ESG Solutions published today. Leveraging high resolution remote sensing data and a database of global corporate facilities, the report identifies which facilities are associated with observed habitat loss due to land use changes, which is the main driver of biodiversity loss.
Biodiversity loss has emerged as a concern for responsible investors, financial regulators and companies whose activities have an impact and depend on natural capital, with scientists warning that the world is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction as nature is declining at unprecedented rates. The report outlines Moody s ESG Solutions framework for assessing biodiversity risk, which can provide a foundation for understanding the biodiversity risks of companies in investment and lending portfolios.
Moody s ESG Solutions Group: Moody s Launches Comprehensive Suite of Climate Solutions
Moody s ESG Solutions Group today announced the launch of Climate Solutions, a comprehensive product suite that provides market participants with enhanced risk measurement and evaluation tools to better understand, quantify and manage climate risks and opportunities. Climate Solutions incorporates physical and transition risk into Moody s best-in-class risk management solutions and economic models to enable banks, insurers and investors to better assess climate risks and comply with the emerging regulatory requirements for stress testing and disclosures. Climate change has a profound impact on the world s economies and societies, said Mark Kaye, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Sponsor of Moody s ESG Solutions Group. Moody s is committed to offering science-driven, objective analytics to advance strategic resilience and to help market participants navigate the transformation to a low-car
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Moody s ESG Solutions Group announced today that Moody s affiliate V.E has provided a Second Party Opinion (SPO) on Toyota Motor Corporation s Woven Planet Bond Framework, an inaugural sustainability bond in the Japanese automotive sector. The framework which V.E considers aligned with the four core components of the Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles and Sustainability Bond Guideline will finance safety technologies, assisted mobility vehicles, clean transportation, and renewable energy intiatives. The framework s objectives aim to contribute to multiple Sustainability Development Goals that improve the safety, accessibility and sustainability of transportation. In our assessment, the bonds issued via this framework will make a robust contribution to sustainability objectives, said Juliette Macresy, Executive Director for Sustainable Finance at V.E. We see significant and consistent evidence that the proceeds will be allocated to projects aimed at reducing gre
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