'Unprecedented': How sustainable debt made it to $1tr prime time

James Murray
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'Unprecedented': How sustainable debt made it to $1tr prime time

Global sustainable debt issuances approached $1.1tr last year, with some parts of the market growing 10-fold, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative

Over the past 18 months, the global sustainable debt market has emerged as the classic overnight success story that has been decades in the making. Despite the huge economic headwinds that have resulted...

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