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PIMCO’s Best Practice Guidance for Municipal Sustainable Bond Issuance

PIMCO’s ESG and U.S. municipal teams outline best practices for muni issuers of green, social, sustainability, or other labeled bonds.

Executive Summary

PIMCO’s ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and U.S. municipal teams outline best practices for municipal issuers of green, social, sustainability, or other labeled bonds. This document is published in conjunction with the Viewpoint, “Expanding the U.S. Municipal Market for Sustainable Bonds”.

The best practice guidance covers such topics as:

Defining Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS) bonds
External review versus self-designation by issuer
GSS bond frameworks
Post-issuance reporting
PIMCO’S internal GSS-labeled bond framework
GSS municipal bond examples

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