Navigating Sustainable Finance

This guide outlines the capacity building and technical assistance services provided by the Climate Bonds Initiative to help governments, municipalities, national development banks, and corporate entities issue climate-related labelled bonds and other sustainable debt instruments.

• The Climate Bonds Initiative provides technical assistance to a variety of entities, including governments, municipalities, national development banks, and corporations, to help them navigate sustainable finance and issue climate-related labelled bonds. They also support asset owners and managers in creating investment methodologies based on scientifically substantiated criteria to address climate change.
• Climate Bonds leverages its role as a standards setter and database curator to provide industry-level benchmarking and guidance. Their sector criteria are science-based and aligned with a 1.5-degree pathway, and they contribute to the development of global and national taxonomies.
• The organization offers a range of pre-issuance and post-issuance support services. Pre-issuance services include ESG readiness assessments, climate-aligned bond readiness action plans, and the review of thematic bond frameworks against standards such as ICMA, MDB, and various national or regional taxonomies. Post-issuance support focuses on impact reporting guidance and capacity building through tailored workshops.
• Specialized support is provided for transition-themed bonds and sub-sovereign debt. For hard-to-abate sectors, Climate Bonds helps identify science-based Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and develop transition plans. For city and sub-sovereign authorities, they assist in creating climate-action plans and identifying assets to finance resilience and climate goals.
• The Climate Bonds Initiative has over 10 years of experience supporting entities in LAC, Africa, Central Europe, Central Asia, and ASEAN to raise funds via green or sustainability-linked debt instruments aligned with the Paris Agreement or a 1.5-degree emissions pathway.

APA

Climate Bonds Initiative (2024). Navigating Sustainable Finance. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/documents/supporting-documents/Technical-Assistance-Brochure.pdf

Chicago

Climate Bonds Initiative. Navigating Sustainable Finance. 2024. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/documents/supporting-documents/Technical-Assistance-Brochure.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatebondsinitiative2024navigating, author = {{Climate Bonds Initiative}}, title = {{Navigating Sustainable Finance}}, institution = {Climate Bonds Initiative}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://www.climatebonds.net/files/documents/supporting-documents/Technical-Assistance-Brochure.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }