Bonds Beyond Green

The document is a scoping study on municipal sustainability-related bonds, analyzing the allocation of proceeds and barriers to uptake to support the financing of sustainability goals in Swedish cities.

• There is a significant global funding gap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), estimated at US$ 2.5 trillion annually.
• An analysis of the Environmental Finance database as of 2 August 2019 showed that the vast majority of the 3,916 labelled bonds were designated as green (93%), while sustainable bonds accounted for 4% (166 bonds) and social bonds accounted for 3% (134 bonds).

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} }