Green Securitization: Developments and Challenges

While green securitization has recently grown there remains a lack of standardization in requirements and reporting standards for environmentally sustainable residential real estate within and across jurisdictions. With stated goals for complete decarbonization of the EU building stock by 2050, there is a higher degree of standardization for residential properties in Europe than there is internationally. Yet the varied energy-efficiency rating scales associated with EPCs are inhibiting further growth of sustainable RMBS, Covered Bonds and Pfandbriefs within Europe and internationally.