<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The latest issue of <i>The Journal of Environmental Investing (<a href="http://www.thejei.com">www.thejei.com</a>) </i>focuses on green bonds:<br></div><br clear="all"><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0em 0px 0.2em;line-height:1.4;font-size:24.227px;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.01em;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:uppercase;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="http://www.thejei.com/green-bonds-the-shape-of-green-fixed-income-investing-to-come-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);outline:currentcolor none medium;margin-bottom:0px">GREEN BONDS: THE SHAPE OF GREEN FIXED-INCOME INVESTING TO COME</a></strong></h4><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.313em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:16.002px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Kim Schumacher</strong><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:0px">, PhD, Guest Editor of JEI Vol 10, no 1 (2020)<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"></strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.313em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:16.002px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">So far, 2020 has proven to be a year of profound global turmoil, affecting all aspects of human life. From the socio-economic Covid-19 disruptions and protests against racial inequality to the continuously escalating climate crisis, humanity is at a veritable crossroads in terms of addressing and remedying past, present, and future risks to society and the planet. With the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global community has established ambitious yet critical targets to safeguard and improve the lives of present and future generations. In order to achieve these goals, numerous stakeholders, including law- and policy-makers, industry and civil society representatives, and academia, have been developing and conceptualizing appropriate tools and strategies.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.313em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:16.002px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Fixed income securities that integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have become a crucial component of most sustainable investment and climate-related risk management strategies. Global green bond issuance has grown from USD 87.2 billion in 2016 to USD 257.7 billion in 2019. By providing the most comprehensive overview to date of all green bond variants, this 2020 issue of the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:0px">Journal of Environmental Investing</em><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>explores the core attributes of green bonds, such as their potential returns from financial and nonfinancial angles, taxonomical and underlying conceptual considerations, and academic assessments of the market as a whole. The authors of this issue provide contemporary insights and an up-to-date snapshot of the evolving characteristics of climate and green bonds.</p><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">You can read Dr. Schumacher's article and additional research and opinions on the growing field of green, or climate bonds at <a href="http://thejei.com">thejei.com</a>.<br></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Mary M. Cavanagh<br>Managing Editor of the <i>Journal of Environmental Investing</i><br><a href="mailto:mcavanagh@thejei.com" target="_blank">mcavanagh@thejei.com</a><br>Connect with the the JEI:<br><a href="http://www.thejei.com" target="_blank">www.thejei.com</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/JournalofEnvironmentalInvesting" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/JournalofEnvironmentalInvesting</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/The_JEI" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/#!/The_JEI</a><br><br></div></div>