The Bond Buyer is seeking industry-wide input on environmental, social and governance factors in the public finance space.

Municipal issuers with the biggest threats from physical climate risk also have the largest liabilities for carbon transition.

John Ceffalio, Senior Municipal Research Analyst at CreditSights, talks with Chip Barnett about what to expect in the second half of the year. He discusses municipal bond market fundamentals, credit and climate disclosure. And he looks at the pandemic’s long-term risks for U.S. cities as the work-from-home culture becomes stronger and how higher education will cope with a new reality. (18 minutes)

The ICE risQ social impact scores will let municipal bond investors compare which communities will be socially impacted the most by their investments.

Sen. Patrick Toomey, the ranking Republican on the Banking Committee, has argued that research by the Federal Reserve into these topics could result in “mission creep.” Fed officials have said their job includes fostering inclusive economic growth and ensuring the banking system is girded against financial risks posed by climate change.

Will the sector embrace the global trend toward greater transparency?

The pilot program aims to expand its all-to-all Open Trading marketplace by allowing investor clients to select a diversity dealer to intermediate in secondary trading.

It was a busy quarterly board meeting for the MSRB.

To ensure continued economic growth, the state has seen a need to diversify into alternative water sources to meet projected needs as well as respond to drought and protect the environment.

The U.S. social bond market is in its infancy, but there is huge potential for the public sector to contribute to the growth of this market, a CBI report said.

The deal qualifies as both an environmental impact bond and as a green bond under the International Capital Market Association's Green Bond Principles.

A new administration in Washington and the power of coastal atmospheric patterns may boost wind-turbine electricity generation in the Southeast.

Marquee issuers have sought out Kestrel for verification on ESG bond programs.

Kestrel Verifiers has certified as green a tranche of bonds that will finance the ethanol plant in California's economically challenged Imperial Valley.

Sheila King of Eagle Asset Management talks with Chip Barnett on the growing importance of environmental, social and governance issues for municipal governments. She gives examples of what works and what doesn't and why it matters. (14 minutes)

Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. is marketing the $127 million issuance as social bonds.

The legislation would bar firms that receive government contracts from discriminating against firearms companies. Smaller banks have quietly dropped their opposition in hopes of gaining more municipal bond business.

Texas moved closer to enacting a law that would ban government work with Wall Street banks whose policies restrict the firearms industry, marking a pushback from Republicans in the gun-friendly state against corporations taking sides in America’s political fights.

ESG is here to stay and it matters to investors.

Bank of America and Citigroup, the top two underwriters in the $3.9 trillion municipal bond market, are at risk of getting shut out of Texas because of a push by Republican state lawmakers to punish the banks for their restrictive gun policies.