ESG & Investing
Global ESG Bond Issuance Headed for First Full-Year Decline Ever
- Green bond sales are also on course for record plunge in 2022
- Overall debt volumes have fallen this year as Fed hikes rates
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Annual global sales of bonds dedicated to the environment and society are on course to fall for the first time ever in what was expected to be another record year for sales.
Sales of new green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds around the world are about $635 billion, down 30% this year through Monday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That is far less than the about $910 billion issued in all of 2021.