A first in quantifying the climate change mitigation impact of Green Bonds:The Rockefeller Foundation, Lion's Head Global Partners, South Pole Group and Affirmative Investment Management launch the Carbon Yield
Zurich, Switzerland, 19 June 2017 - Launched today, the Carbon Yield quantifies the climate change mitigation that Green Bonds enable, allowing issuers and investors alike to better understand the impact of their activities and portfolios. The methodology for calculating the Carbon Yield is publicly available at www.carbonyield.org. Pioneered by Lion's Head Global Partners, South Pole Group and Affirmative Investment Management (AIM), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, the new methodology comes at a time when the Green Bond market is set to exceed $100bn in issuance and demand continues to outpace supply.