Germany to launch ‘green bond’ with first issue in 2020
The move follows an agreement by the EU on a new set of rules governing which financial products can be called ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’
19 December 2019 - 14:54
Berlin — Germany will launch its first “green bond” with a multi-billion-euro issue in the second half of 2020, to tap in to the booming market for sustainable finance, the government’s finance agency said on Thursday.
“The German federal government intends to support the development of sustainable financial markets and, in particular, the green market segment by issuing green German government securities,” the finance agency said...
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