Green is the new black

摘要

I like green Bonds. That I like anything is probably a revelation to many, but it's true. In saying so, I offer apologies to the many people who've emailed or spoken to me over the past few months begging me to apply what one impertinent soul called my "heavy filter of cynicism" and blast this new fad to kingdom come. I've got to tell you: it was tempting but I just can't find the emotional energy or any serious reason to be that negative about them. There are plenty of reasons to find a lot of things about the way the Green Bond discourse has evolved in the professional community rather irritating, but I'm not letting that cloud my judgement about the baseline topic.