SEB acting as advisor when Sweden takes step closer to issuing green bond
Press releaseStockholm, 5 June, 2020 The Swedish National Debt Office and the Swedish government have now established the framework for Sweden’s first sovereign green bond, which will be tied to green investments and projects and further strengthen Sweden’s ambitious environmental and climate work. SEB is, as a special advisor, assisting the debt office in that work.This means that the state can now proceed with the issuance of the bond, which will take place during 2020. The money raised will be tied to expenditures in the state budget that are defined as green in accordance with