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World Bank launches green bonds directly linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Monday, 13 March 2017

Håkon Grepperud

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The green bonds link financial returns directly to the performances of companies advancing development according to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

€163 million from institutional investors in Italy and France were raised through the equity-index linked bonds. The funds will be issued as green bonds to finance projects that are aligned with the SDGs. The SDGs include three agreements adopted by the UN Member States in 2015, including the Paris Agreement on climate change. 

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