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This guide provides a practical perspective on the green bond market, detailing its origins, the role of the Climate Bonds Initiative's database, and the principles used to ensure capital supports climate-aligned causes.

This report provides an overview of the global sustainable bond market for the first half of 2022, focusing on Green, Social, Sustainability, Sustainability-Linked, and Transition (GSS+) bonds. It details issuance volumes, regional trends, the emergence of new sovereign issuers, and the evolving policy landscape regarding sustainable finance taxonomies.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides an overview of the global sustainable bond market in the first quarter of 2022, noting that cumulative issuance of GSS+ bonds surpassed $3 trillion despite a quarterly decline in issuance volume due to market volatility, rising interest rates, and the Russia-Ukraine war.

This guide from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides consumers with strategies for navigating the sustainable fashion market, specifically comparing natural fibres like cotton with synthetic alternatives. It highlights the role of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSSs) and warns against vague sustainability claims and the blending of natural and synthetic fibres.

The Climate Bonds Initiative's H1 2018 report on the Chinese green bond market details a total issuance of $13.02 billion, with a significant portion aligned with international green definitions. The report highlights the dominance of financial institutions, the growth of offshore issuances, and the prevalence of renewable energy as the primary use of proceeds, while noting discrepancies between domestic and international standards regarding working capital.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative, commissioned by SK Securities, analyzes the state of the climate bond market in Korea as of March 2018. It highlights that while Korea possesses a massive overall bond market and strong climate policy commitments, its specific climate bond market remains underdeveloped. The document identifies significant untapped potential for growth, outlines barriers to expansion, and provides comparative examples of regulatory and incentive-based successes in other global markets to suggest a roadmap for Korean policymakers and investors.

This briefing by the Climate Bonds Initiative explains how green securitisation—the process of creating asset-backed securities (ABS) from low-carbon assets—can unlock finance for small-scale projects. It details various structures including synthetic ABS, PACE ABS, solar ABS, and green mortgage-backed securities, highlighting how aggregating small assets allows institutional investors to provide capital to SMEs and urban infrastructure.

This report provides an overview of nanomaterials, their impacts on health and the environment, the current market for nanoproducts, and regulatory initiatives for their management, with a specific focus on the Global South.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides a regulatory and operational framework for foreign entities wishing to issue Green Panda Bonds—RMB-denominated bonds issued in mainland China with proceeds dedicated to green assets or projects.

This industry brief by GreenCape examines financing options for small-scale embedded generation, primarily solar photovoltaic (PV) and lithium-ion battery storage, for commercial, industrial (C&I), and agricultural businesses in South Africa. It analyzes the trade-offs between outright purchase, commercial debt, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and leasing models, while detailing available tax incentives and the impact of the energy crisis on sector growth.