Global sustainable bond issuance hits record $1 trillion in 2021

The latest data points to an increased appetite for ESG-focused funding, but highlights hard-to-address concerns around greenwashing as a threat to the future development of sustainable finance.

The global issuance of sustainable bonds – including green, social and sustainability-linked bonds – reached a record height of over $1 trillion in 2021, and represented 10% of the year’s overall debt capital market, data by Refinitiv shows.

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