What barriers to ESG in infrastructure credit ratings?

Tom Nelthorpe

Editor

Major credit ratings have committed to incorporating ESG issues into credit analysis. But infrastructure credits present unique challenges. Proximo talks to S&P Global Ratings' Peter Kernan and Scope Ratings' Carlos Terré

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