Sustainability Linked Bond Principles
Stephanie Sfakianos
35 years: Sustainable finance & banking
In this video, Stephanie takes us through the issuance for early 2021. She further explains breakdown between the various categories of sustainable bonds and also reports on a new frontier in sustainable finance and how market participants are responding.
In this video, Stephanie takes us through the issuance for early 2021. She further explains breakdown between the various categories of sustainable bonds and also reports on a new frontier in sustainable finance and how market participants are responding.
Sustainability Linked Bond Principles
16 mins 14 secs
Issuance volumes in sustainable capital markets are continuing to show impressive growth. Total issuance for the year to 5th March amounts to US$146bn equivalent. This would result in annualised outstandings for year-end being almost double the 2020 volume.
Key learning objectives:
Understand the breakdown between the categories of sustainable bonds
Understand new frontier in sustainable finance and how market participants are responding
Understand Sustainability-linked bonds and it’s core components
Stephanie Sfakianos
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