Amazon launches $1bn sustainability bond to fund green and social projects

Cecilia Keating
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Firm joins growing band of corporates and governments around the world that have turned to the sustainable debt market

Amazon has issued its first sustainability bond, becoming the latest major corporate to tap the green debt market to raise funds to support its transition to more environmentally responsible business practices....

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