Total volumes for labelled Green, Social and Sustainability (GSS) bonds, Sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) and Transition bonds reached nearly half a trillion (USD496.1bn) in the first half of 2021, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative’s latest report (see figure 1). Labelled market volume is being led by green debt which reached USD227.8bn in the first half of the year. This almost half a trillion total represents 59% year-on-year growth from the equivalent period in 2020 (see figure 2). It also sets the labelled sustainable debt market on track to reach record highs this year after…
Read MoreGreen bonds market on track for a record half trillion year: USD496.1bn issued across all sustainable debt labels in H1 2021 as markets surge
