SEB’s the Green Bond Report: Record Issuance as Transition Takes Off
The sustainable debt market exceeded our forecasts during the first quarter of this year and the energy transition is accelerating. We now expect total sustainable bond issuance to exceed USD 1trn in 2021, driven by a significant increase in issuance of green and social bonds and a breakthrough for sustainability-linked debt. In the latest issue of SEB’s report The Green Bond, titled The Transition Takes Off, we take a closer look at the issuance development, and how the sustainable debt market is quickly broadening to embrace new types of financing solutions.“With the first quarter of