Generally speaking, assessing the attractiveness of impact-oriented bonds (IOBs), including green, blue and social impact bonds, revolves around two aspects: understanding the financial opportunity of the investment and recognizing its expected environmental and social (E&S) benefits and outcomes. Financial opportunity In principle, financial investors (FIs) may be … [Read more...] about Reflecting on financial opportunities and governance strategies: the attractiveness of green, blue and other impact-oriented bonds
Alessandro Sidore
Alessandro Sidore is a senior consultant at the Environmental and Social Solutions team of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) where, since June 2019, he provided guidance and instruction on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects in the bank's financing processes. In the last 10 years, Alessandro led advisory activities concerning environmental and sustainability issues for a wide range of financial and industrial projects in collaboration with public and private investment institutions, including international private equity funds, financial institutions that are signatories of the Equator Principles, and multilateral banks (IFC, IDB, EBRD, among others). From 2010 to 2019 Alessandro served as a consultant and project manager in some of the most influencing consulting firms in the ESG sector (including ERM - Environmental Resources Management), collaborating with international teams in Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom with investment operations in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Alessandro completed three master's degrees, reinforcing his extensive professional experience in sustainability and business topics: Master in Business Management at the Imperial School of London (United Kingdom, 2020), Master in Renewable Energies from the School of Industrial Organization of Madrid (Spain, 2010) and Master Sc. in environmental engineering at the University of Cagliari (Italy, 2009).
Public consultations: nurturing positive perception and preserving social value in projects and investments
Public consultations, the open events where projects are presented and discussed with the community and other stakeholders, have become a central milestone for the approval of certain projects and investments. As a matter of fact, many public and private investors have chosen to recognize the public consultation process as an essential corporate policy requirement, regardless … [Read more...] about Public consultations: nurturing positive perception and preserving social value in projects and investments
Monitoring environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria: trends and operations management strategy
When browsing social networks or inspecting cultural, economic or socio-political media, you will have noticed the growing reference to environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) in the corporate and public and private investment worlds. This trend can be observed, for example, by consulting the popularity of the term "ESG" in global Google searches during the last 5 … [Read more...] about Monitoring environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria: trends and operations management strategy