Green bonds enable capital-raising and investment for new and existing projects with environmental benefits. The Green Bond Principles (GBP), updated as of June 2018, are voluntary process guidelines that recommend transparency and disclosure and promote integrity in the development of the green bond market by clarifying the approach for issuance of a green bond. The GBP are intended for broad use by the market: they provide issuers guidance on the key components involved in launching a credible green bond; they aid investors by ensuring availability of information necessary to evaluate the environmental impact of their green bond investments; and they assist underwriters by moving the market towards standard disclosures which will facilitate transactions.The Green Bond Principles (GBP) 2018
Translations of the Green Bond Principles (GBP) are available below.
The Green Project Mapping aims to provide a broad frame of reference by which issuers, investors, underwriters and other bond market participants can relate and evaluate the benefits and contribution of the GBP’s Green Project categories to its own stated five environmental objectives. It also provides a basis for comparison to other green taxonomies and classification systems currently used in the market.Translations of the Green Bond Principles
Please note that the following translations are related to both the 2017 and the 2018 GBP editions. They are being updated with the 2018 changes progressively, therefore the edition that each translation currently refers to is indicated below.
