The Future of Financial Markets in the light of Sustainable Finance Market

1. Sustainable Investment 22-01-2019 15:39:48
IndoAsia Partners Sanjay H. Indulkar +91986716367
IndoAsia Partners
Sanjay H. Indulkar
sindulkar@hotmail.com
+919867161367
Advocating the conce of
‘Positive Impact Finance’
https://www.un.org/development/
desa/disabilities/envision2030.html
Sustainable Development Goals
are a collection of 17 global
goals set by the
United Nations General
Assembly in 2015.
The SDGs are part of
Resolution 70/1 of the United
Nations General Assembly
"Transforming our World: the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development."
The Future of Financial Markets in the light of
Sustainable Finance Market
The sustainable finance market surged in 2018, with a record $247
billion worth of sustainability- debt raised in year 2018. Green
bonds issuance amounted to $182.2 billion in 2018, whereas one
new product, sustainability-linked loans reaches$36.4 billion.
Source: BloombergNEF
Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds
Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds are bond instrument where
the proceeds will be exclusively applied to eligible environmental
and social projects or a combination of both:
“Green Bonds” are any type of bond instrument where the
proceeds will be exclusively applied to finance or re-finance
projects with clear environmental benefits and which are aligned
with the four core components of the GBP.
Eligible green projects include renewable energy, energy efficiency,
pollution prevention and control, eco-efficient and/or circular
economy adapted products, production technologies and processes,
green buildings, terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity conservation,
clean transportation etc.
“Social Bonds” finance projects that directly aim to address or
mitigate a specific social issue and/or seek to achieve positive social
outcomes, especially but not exclusively for a target population(s).
Social Project categories
Sustainability Bonds” are any type of bond instrument where the
proceeds will be exclusively applied to finance or re-finance a
combination of Green and Social Projects and which are aligned
with the four core components of the GBP and/or SBP.
Reference & Link for updates:
https://www.bonddata.org/
https://business.nasdaq.com/media/Nasdaq-Green-Bond-
Criteria_tcm5044-54267.pdf
http://www.mondovisione.com/news/green-finance-trends-2019-
by-julie-becker-head-of-the-luxembourg-green-exchang/
https://business.nasdaq.com/list/listing-options/European-
Markets/nordic-fixed-income/sustainable-bonds
https://www.wienerborse.at/en/issuers/bond-admission-
listing/green-and-social-bond
https://www.nzx.com/services/listing-on-nzx-
markets/debt/green-bonds
https://cop23.com.fj/fijis-green-bond-opens-market-london-
stock-exchange/
https://www.ise.ie/Media/News-and-
Events/2018/Portugal%E2%80%99s-first-ever-green-bond-lists-
on-Euronext-Dublin.html
http://treasury.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/treasury/ibrd/ibrd-
sustainable-development-bond
www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/11/13/world-
bank-marks-10-year-green-bond-anniversary-with-landmark-
issuance-us-1-2-billion-issuances-bring-world-bank-green-bond-
program-to-us-12-6-billion
https://www.dnb.nl/en/about-dnb/co-operation/platform-voor-
duurzame-financiering/index.jsp