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Integrating Gender Considerations in Green Bonds

20 Oct 2021

Applying a gender lens across all-new sustainable bond issues represents a significant opportunity for advancing gender equality. Total new issuance of sustainable bonds (green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds) was worth USD 532.3 billion globally in 2020, which is almost 70 times the size of all outstanding gender-lens investments today across asset classes. This article focuses on how to scale up gender-smart financing through mainstreaming gender considerations in all-new sustainable bond issues.
gender equality infrastructure sustainable finance responsible business

Authors

David Uzsoki

Published in
Canada
Rights
IISD, 2021

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