and investors to the table, but evolve over time as methods and reporting practices improve. For example, criteria that involve project-specific impact assessments, although the most rigorous, are

SECOND PARTY OPINION1 ON CHANEL’S SUSTAINABILITY-LINKED BOND FRAMEWORK September 2020 BACKGROUND CHANEL (hereafter the “Issuer”) contemplates including three environmental factors to the Sustainability-Linked Bonds (the “SLBs”) to be issued in compliance with the Sustainability-Linked Bond Framework (the “Framework”) created to govern their issuances and following the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (the “SLBP”). The Framework will include the Issuer’s commitment to achieve specific target...