SADC Green Bonds Programme

The SADC Green Bonds Programme, running from April 2021 to March 2024, seeks to accelerate the use of green bonds for climate finance in SADC member countries. Key achievements include the launch of the SADC Green and Sustainable Bond guidelines in April 2022, the revision of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange rules in Tanzania, and the issuance of a MUR 500 million green bond by Cim Financial Services Limited in Mauritius.

• The programme's primary goals include developing listing guidelines and regulations, supporting a pipeline of issuers, engaging institutional investors, providing climate finance training, and enhancing climate-related financial reporting to facilitate mitigation and adaptation investments.
• Specific milestones achieved by October 2022 include the completion of the SADC Green Finance Demand Study in January 2022, the launch of the SADC Green and Sustainable Bond guidelines on 27 April 2022, and the April 2022 revision of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) Rules in Tanzania to permit sustainability-linked capital markets instruments.
• Cim Financial Services Limited in Mauritius issued the programme's first green bond, raising approximately 11 million USD (MUR 500 million) as part of a larger MUR 3 billion green bond programme.

APA

FSD Africa (2022). SADC Green Bonds Programme. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-SADC-Green-Bonds-Programme-Reviewed-by-JG.pdf

Chicago

FSD Africa. SADC Green Bonds Programme. 2022. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-SADC-Green-Bonds-Programme-Reviewed-by-JG.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fsdafrica2022sadc, author = {{FSD Africa}}, title = {{SADC Green Bonds Programme}}, institution = {FSD Africa}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-SADC-Green-Bonds-Programme-Reviewed-by-JG.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }