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Sustainable finance is finance raised for the purpose of sustainable projects.


One unit of the UK pound sterling (GBP).


For most of the historical period up the early 19th century, it could - in theory - be exchanged for one pound (weight) of silver.
<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Sustainable finance pricing'''''</span>


Thereafter the pound was generally backed by gold (the 'gold standard').
:"The concept of climate risk is becoming central to financial equations, and sustainable (including green) finance is gaining ground and increasingly priced above, or on a par with, mainstream investments."


Since 1931, the pound sterling has been a fiat currency.
:''The Treasurer magazine, August 2018, p24.''
 
 
 
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A pound is also one unit of a number of other currencies including those of Egypt (EGP), Lebanon (LBP), Sudan (SDG) and Syria (SYP).




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Egypt]]
* [[Climate risk]]
* [[Fiat currency]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[FKP]]
* [[Green finance]]
* [[GBP]]
* [[Sustainability]]
* [[GIP]]
* [[Gold standard]]
* [[Libra]]
* [[Lira]]
* [[SHP]]
* [[SSP]]
* [[Sterling]]
* [[United Kingdom]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:Ethics_and_corporate_governance]]

Revision as of 09:32, 22 August 2018

Sustainable finance is finance raised for the purpose of sustainable projects.


Sustainable finance pricing

"The concept of climate risk is becoming central to financial equations, and sustainable (including green) finance is gaining ground and increasingly priced above, or on a par with, mainstream investments."
The Treasurer magazine, August 2018, p24.


See also

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