Global sustainable bond issuance declined in 1H2024, with 2Q2024 issuance down 20% y-o-y to US$238 billion ($319.35 billion). However, reaching US$1 trillion in full-year issuance is still “within reach”, according to the latest quarterly report on green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds by Moody’s Investors Service, issued July 30.
Together referred to as sustainable bonds, global issuance in the most recent quarter fell 19% q-o-q, after a spike in 1Q2024 saw US$281 billion in issuances worldwide.
