Green bonds are public debt financing for an environmental project. Green bonds can offer tax advantages, providing incentives to invest in sustainable projects that are not available to other comparable types of bonds. However, as the frameworks for green bonds and green loans are similar in nature, a green loan is based on a loan, typically smaller than a bond, in a private transaction, and the funds from green bonds are committed to environmental or climate change projects, such as investments in renewable energy.
In Singapore, MAS will subsidise up to S$100,000 of additional costs for external audits of eligible green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds, and encourages the adoption of internationally accepted standards for green bonds of a minimum size of $200 million.
Other references for Green Bonds:
- Green Bonds - the reserve management perspective
- ICMA - Voluntary Process Guidelines for Issuing Green Bonds
- Sustainalytics - Simplifying Sustainable Finance – Explaining Green Bonds, Green Loans, Sustainability Linked Loans and Bonds and More
- Sustainalytics - Sustainability-Linked Financial Instruments: Creating Targets and Measuring Your Company's Performance
SGD$ 35 billions
of green bonds will be issued by Singapore Governement before 2030.
(Green Denmark SEA)
+ 50%
in Green Bonds supply in Singapore in 2021
(SMU -Singapore Management University)
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