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New Resilience Taxonomy Brings Clarity to Climate Risk in the $4.3 Trillion Municipal Bond Market

HOOD RIVER, OR – January 6, 2026 — As U.S. cities face increased exposure to climate-driven physical risks, Kestrel, the leader in Sustainability Intelligence™, today released its Resilience Taxonomy for […]

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SMUD Issues first Kestrel-Verified Green Commercial Paper

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA AND HOOD RIVER, OREGON — Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) (AA) successfully launched the first Green Commercial Paper (CP) notes issued by any U.S. municipal electric utility. Barclays was […]

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Kestrel-Verified Green Commercial Paper Program Framework

Read the Kestrel-Verified Green Commercial Paper Program Framework.

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Kestrel Methodology Release Notes

From time to time, Kestrel updates methodologies for Sustainability Analysis and Scores. Read the Methodology Release Notes for Q1 2025.

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Kestrel Adds Sustainability Analysis and Scores to SPOs

In January 2025, Kestrel began including a new section in our Second Party Opinions: a “Scorecard” summarizing key findings from Kestrel’s Sustainability Analysis and Scores product offering. Scorecards allow investors […]

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Investortools Adds Kestrel’s Sustainability Scores Enhancing Sustainable Finance

Colorado Springs, Colorado and Hood River, Oregon, September 4, 2024 – Investortools, a leading provider of fixed-income software solutions, and Kestrel, the US market leader in verifying the impact of […]

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Kestrel Recognized at 9th Climate Bonds Awards

Hood River, Oregon, May 29, 2024 – Climate Bonds Initiative today recognized Kestrel as the winner for Largest External Review Provider in Number of Deals in the 9th Climate Bonds […]

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Kestrel Sustainability Intelligence™ Now Available to Bloomberg Customers

Kestrel Sustainability Intelligence™ is now available on the Bloomberg Terminal and via Bloomberg Data License Hood River, Oregon, March 28, 2024 – Kestrel today announced that its Sustainability Analysis and […]

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Build America Mutual Selects Kestrel as Sustainability Data Provider

Hood River, Oregon, March 6, 2024 – Kestrel announced today that Build America Mutual, a leading insurer of US municipal bonds, has selected Kestrel’s Sustainability Intelligence data for enterprise-wide use. […]

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