Greenwashing Risk Is Much Less Than Bond Buyers Fear, S&P Says

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In the lemming-like rush to sustainable finance, well-intentioned investors worry that their money won’t actually have the environmental or societal benefits claimed by borrowers.But this fear of so-called greenwashing may be misplaced in the market for bonds that fund environmental, social and governance projects, according to S&P Global Ratings.“Be vigilant, but don’t necessarily be paranoid,” said Mike Wilkins, S&P’s senior research fellow for sustainable finance. “We haven’t found any evidence of widespread greenwashing - orsustainability-washing - in the sustainable debt markets,” London-based Wilkins said in a phone interview on Wednesday.