3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

At European level, according to Morningstar’s findings, there has been an increase from less than 400 billion open-end funds and sustainable ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds that allow investors to manage risks associated with environmental, social and governance factors) in 2017 to about 2.5 trillion in 2022.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Our sustainable debt markets are designed to highlight sustainable investment opportunities to investors with a green, social or sustainable investment agenda. The number of sustainable debt instruments listed on Nasdaq grew by 11% during 2022 and the volume of listed bonds grew by 27%.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Sovereigns have been relatively late entrants to sustainable bond markets following corporates and supra-national entities (such as the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), which issued the first green debt securities in the mid-2000s.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Global sustainable bond issuance surged in 2021, with data providers estimating total volumes just above or below US$1 trillion; green bonds accounted for roughly half. Researchers said their results should be treated as initial rather than definitive because of the short period covered (2017-2019).

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