Bonds Beyond Green

This scoping study by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines best practices for municipal sustainability-related bonds to help bridge the US$ 2.5 trillion annual global funding gap for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• There is a global funding gap of US$ 2.5 trillion per year required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), necessitating significant private capital.
• An analysis of the Environmental Finance database as of 2 August 2019 showed that of 3,916 labelled bonds, the vast majority (93%) were designated as green (3,616 bonds), while sustainable bonds accounted for 4% (166 bonds) and social bonds accounted for 3% (134 bonds).
• The study serves as a foundation for a larger project, funded by the Viable cities programme, to investigate collaboration between financial actors and cities to finance sustainability goals specifically for cities in Sweden.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2020). Bonds Beyond Green. https://www.sei.org/publications/bonds-beyond-green/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Bonds Beyond Green. 2020. https://www.sei.org/publications/bonds-beyond-green/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Bonds Beyond Green |date=20 March 2020 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/bonds-beyond-green/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2020bonds, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Bonds Beyond Green}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/bonds-beyond-green/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }