Investors with over $70 trillion in assets want to purchase sustainable or green assets including green building and convertible bonds (National Green Building Secondary Financing Launch at TIAA-CREF, 2012).  Consensus Green Building and Sustainable Manufacturing Underwriting Standards:

 

• Allow green bond and equity underwriting to determine added value

• Meet national green financing requirements of FHFA, OCC, and FTC

• Cover 80% of all economic activity across the global supply chain

• Are based on Wall Street due diligence released at the NYSE consisting of over 30 peer-reviewed reports, standards and investor surveys documenting with national statistically valid data, that sustainable investment including bonds, are more profitable, less risky, and preferred by investors.

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The Underwriting Standards are available from ANSI.