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From The Field: How Our Sustainable Bond Framewok 2026

Key Insights

The sustainable bond framework drives high‑impact investments by scrutinizing the validity and additionality of projects they back to reduce greenwashing risks.
We use the framework to actively engage with labeled‑bond issuers to increase the financed activities’ potential of addressing the most significant issues.
Our updates factor in recent market changes, such as regulatory shifts and growing issuance complexity, to capture these benefits more efficiently.

Impact investment markets have evolved greatly in the past few years in terms of complexity, breadth, and even definition. Active managers in this space therefore need to be agile, adapt to these adjustments and help ensure that their impact assessment frameworks remain relevant.

T. Rowe Price has long recognized the need for robust frameworks, having launched our sustainable bond framework in 2020. It uses four key aspects to accurately scrutinize the intentionality, additionality, and measurability of sustainable bond securities from an impact perspective, namely the Issuer ESG Profile; Standards and Governance; Use of Proceeds; and

T. Rowe Price has long recognized the need for robust frameworks, having launched our sustainable bond framework in 2020. It uses four key aspects to accurately scrutinize the intentionality, additionality, and measurability of sustainable bond securities from an impact perspective, namely the Issuer ESG Profile; Standards and Governance; Use of Proceeds; and Post‑issuance Reporting.

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Invesco

Invesco is a leading independent global investment management firm, dedicated to helping insurance investors achieve their financial objectives. We understand insurers have unique investment needs, from optimizing capital efficiency and yield, to managing reserves and reporting. That’s why we offer specialized solutions across a broad set of asset classes and vehicles. With $2 trillion in total assets under management,[1] and $89 billion on behalf of insurance clients,[2] we strive to understand your distinct capital requirements, accounting tax treatment, and risk factors.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. are investment advisers that provide investment advisory services to Institutional Investors and do not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the distributor for Invesco's retail products. Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Distributors, Inc. are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

1 Invesco Ltd. AUM of $2,001.4 billion as of June 30, 2025
2 As of December 31, 2024

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