Investors turning to green bonds even as global challenges mount

Large companies with stronger ethical investment ratings have outperformed the global average by 4.7% since mid-December 2019. For climate-related stocks,  the performance is 13% better

Alan Duffy, CEO of HSBC Ireland.

Issuers of securities across the European Union are putting a greater focus on sustainable finance than they were this time last year, despite the current unprecedented global pandemic.

While the markets are facing intense challenges, capital market issuers in Europe are attaching greater importance to sustainable finance, according to the HSBC Sustainable Financing and Investing Survey 2020.