A Primer on “Green Bonds” & “Social Bonds”

Our guest – Perkins Coie’s Allison Handy – joins us to explain all you need to know about “green bonds” and “social bonds” – how to conduct those types of bond offerings, including:

1. What are Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds?
2. What are the “Green and Social Bond Principles” – the guidance from the International Capital Market Association?
3. What kinds of projects can qualify as Green Projects or Social Projects?
4. The GBPs and SBPs recommend external review and confirmation of alignment of a bond program with those principles. What are the different types of external review? And what kinds of company might use what approach?
5. Given the extra effort and expense involved, why issue Green or Social Bonds?

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