SDG bond

Sustainability - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - finance - bonds.

An SDG bond is a bond aligned with one or more of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

SDG bonds don't automatically comply with Green Bond Principles (GBP) or Social Bond Principles (SBP)

"It is recognised that there is a market of bonds with sustainable themes which finance a combination of green and social projects, including those linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”).

In some cases, such bonds may be issued by organisations that are mainly or entirely involved in sustainable activities, but their bonds may not align to the four core components of the GBP.

In such cases, investors will need to be informed accordingly and care should be taken to not imply GBP (or SBP) features by a Sustainability Bond or SDG reference.

These issuing entities are encouraged to adopt, where possible, the relevant best practice of the GBP and SBP (e.g. for reporting) for such existing sustainability, SDG or otherwise themed bonds, and to align future issues with the GBP and SBP."

Green Bond Principles - International Capital Market Association (ICMA).

See also

• Best practice
• Bond
• Green
• Green bond
• Green Bond Principles (GBP)
• Green pure play
• International Capital Market Association (ICMA)
• Issue
• Social Bond Principles (SBP)
• Sustainability
• Sustainability bond
• Sustainability themed investing
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• United Nations

Other resource

• Green Bond Principles - International Capital Market Association (ICMA)