Verification of green bonds is critical to ensure the rapidly growing market delivers on its potential to be a major capital driver of the transition to a low carbon, resource efficient economy.

As an approved verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard and valued assurer of corporate environmental reporting to the AA1000 standard, Trucost is well positioned to provide robust verification of green bond issuances.

We provide second opinions as well as holistic, quantified assessments of the positive impact of green bonds – from alignment with energy transition goals and net benefit carbon emissions to broader environmental and social factors.

Publication / 23 Sep 2016 Carbon and Energy Transition Metrics

Trucost’s robust and comprehensive set of carbon metrics help investors uncover risks and opportunities...

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Publication / 06 Sep 2016 An Environmental Performance Based Assessment Framework to Support the China Green Bond Market

Framework aims to build consensus on assessing the environmental performance of green bonds to...

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Trucost Blog / 08 Jan 2016 From green bonds to green boom: What China’s new green bond rules mean for sustainable investment

China needs a minimum injection of RMB 2 trillion ($330 billion) capital per year to finance climate solutions and to address environmental problems. Green bonds have an important role to play in accessing this finance.

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Publication / 19 May 2015 Defining Green Capital

Trucost shines a spotlight on the rapidly-growing green bond market, and explains how these...

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