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Second-Party ESG Debt Opinions

Second-Party ESG Debt Opinions

Keith Mullin

35 years: Capital markets editorial

The rise of labelled  ESG debt issuance and investing in recent years has, unsurprisingly, been accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of industry providers offering products and services throughout the market’s value chain. The main purpose of this video by Keith is to provide a detailed explanation on "SPOs" - Second-Party Opinions.

ESG Financial Markets

Foundational

The rise of labelled  ESG debt issuance and investing in recent years has, unsurprisingly, been accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of industry providers offering products and services throughout the market’s value chain. The main purpose of this video by Keith is to provide a detailed explanation on "SPOs" - Second-Party Opinions.

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Second-Party ESG Debt Opinions

8 mins 33 secs

Overview

Unsurprisingly, the rise in labelled ESG debt issuance and investment in recent years has been followed by a rapid increase in the number of industry suppliers providing goods and services around the market's value chain. One of these is Second-Party Opinions or SPOs.

Key learning objectives:

  • Define Secondary Party Opinion

  • Understand who provides a Secondary Party Opinion

  • Outline the benefits of SPO

  • Identify the fundamental ethical and professional principles that external reviewers should meet

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Keith Mullin

Keith Mullin

Keith is the founder and director of KM Capital Markets, a media and thought-leadership consultancy. He spent the past 35 years working in specialist capital markets media and has had a ring-side seat at all of the major market events. Prior to setting up KM Capital Markets in 2017, Keith worked at Thomson Reuters.

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