Moody's Investors Service / Public Credit Rating

As demand continues to grow for independent analysis of sustainable financing frameworks, Moody’s is here to support you. Our market-innovating Second Party Opinions (SPOs) of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds and loans bring clarity to the sustainability impact of financing frameworks and instruments and their alignment to market standards. SPOs help issuers communicate their sustainability objectives with key stakeholders, and may facilitate customers’ access to capital.

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Public Credit Rating

May improve financing execution via enhanced issuer liquidity and funding options in capital markets

Support your finance strategy

May attract and access funding from responsible investors

Diversify and extend your investor base

May result in attractive funding costs, improved deal execution and increased subscription levels

Provides an independent indicator evaluation of an issuer's credit quality

Communicate your sustainability development and initiatives

Strengthen corporate sustainability initiatives

Demonstrate your project's contribution to sustainability, your commitment to innovation and sustainable development

Assess how proceeds of bonds and loans contribute and align to sustainability principles

Provides market participants with an independent assessment against which to compare creditworthiness

Increase transparency with market participants

Allows you to clearly demonstrate a transaction’s sustainability value among investors, regulators and peers

Provide visibility to investors and lenders on reporting of your instrument and financing framework

Provides granular insight into credit quality at the instrument level

Typical uses

An entity seeking access to the capital markets for its financing needs

An entity wishing to demonstrate its credit strength publicly for comparison and commercial acitvity purposes

Analytical Coverage

For rated organizations, typically the lead analyst will conduct the RAS analysis

For unrated organizations, a lead analyst will be determined based on sector experience and analytical availability

RAS outcomes are determined by a RAS committee