Dear Stakeholders,
We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your support and engagement in advancing dialogue on growth, stability, and post-issuance transparency, during our internal workshop held alongside the World Bank Group and IMF Annual Meetings on Thursday, 23 October 2025.
We are particularly grateful to the following participants:
Diandra Soobiah (Nest Pensions and Chair of the Global PSSL Asset Owners Council) — for her keynote remarks highlighting the positive impact of our recent collaborative work on green bonds.
Kenneth Gutwillig and Kevin Chen (Co-Founders, Global PSSL Investment Advisors Council) — for their thoughtful reflections on growth, stability, and fintech-related themes.
Owen Thorne (Merseyside Pension Fund), Sarah Kemmitt (UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative), Jerzy Walczak (Risk Management and Data Analytics Advisor to the ABC Score™ initiative), and Isaac Al-Araimy and Michael Riggs (Global PSSL Secretariat) — for their valuable insights, questions and ongoing collaboration.
Drawing on the evidence, suggestions, and questions raised during this workshop, Radek Stech (CEO, Global PSSL and Founder, ABC Score™ initiative) will prepare a series of short impact notes that will inform our forthcoming Beyond Issuance report. With participants’ encouragement and strong support for the ABC Score™ initiative as the next concrete step, we will now focus on defining and implementing the next phase of action.
Kind regards,
Global PSSL Secretariat
with support from the Asset Owners Council and Investment Advisors Council
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Contact Information regarding this press release:
Dr Radek Stech: radek.stech@gpssl.org
About Global PSSL
Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending (Global PSSL) is the fundamental global mechanism for aligning securities lending with transparency and sustainable finance. It has been co-created by Dr Radek Stech, prominent asset owners, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, banks, hedge funds other stakeholders committed to positive change since 2018. Global PSSL has received significant funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, through the Sustainable Finance – Law – Stakeholders (SFLS) Network at Exeter Law School in addition to some financial assistance from some industry stakeholders. The ESRC grant request was designed based on earlier engagement with stakeholders shaping values-based banking, green bonds and sustainable project finance as well as continuous contact, research and discussions with staff from the World Bank (the official partner on the grant). In order to preserve its impartiality, the Global PSSL framework is based within its own independent community interest company.
