Ratings: 28S&P Global Ratings Sustainable Finance Solutions, featuring
Shades of Green
S&P Global Ratings offers independent, transparent assessments at both entity and financing levels, backed by the award- winning Shades of Green approach, which provide additional transparency to investors that seek to understand and act upon potential contribution to a sustainable future.
Understand the Transition Spectrum with Shades of Green
Note: LCCR: Low -carbon, climate-resilient. LCCR is aligned with the Paris Agreement where the global average temperature increase is held below 2 degrees Celsius (2° C), with efforts to limit the increase to 1.5° C, above pre-industrial levels.
Related Products:
Second Party Opinions (SPO)
– Use of Proceeds Financing (Green, Social, Sustainable)
– Sustainability-Linked Financing
– European Green Bond External Reviews
Climate Transition Assessment
Use Cases:
Alignment to Relevant Market Principles
Demonstrate to stakeholders that the company’s sustainability objectives are aligned to relevant market principles (such as ICMA, LMA, EU Taxonomy, European Green Bond Regulation).
Before an IPO Announcement
Companies seeking an external opinion, where relevant, on their activities for listing on stock exchanges or a green equity or Initial Public Offering (IPO) announcement.
Financing – Debt
Navigate access to the public and private sustainable debt markets.
Investor and Stakeholder Communications
Demonstrate the credibility of the company’s transition plans in communications to investors and other stakeholders, particularly for companies in transitioning sectors.
Obtaining a Green Designation on Stock Exchanges
Companies seeking to obtain a green designation on certain stock exchanges (e.g.: B3 Ações Verdes (BAV), Nasdaq Green Designations, or SIX 1.5°C Climate Equity Flag), either when going public as a green equity offering or as a listed company to help provide transparency on their green business models, status, and strategies to investors, business, and other stakeholders.
Note: Second Party Opinions and Climate Transition Assessments are not credit ratings, do not consider credit quality, and do not factor into S&P Global Ratings’ credit ratings