NIB blue bond proceeds drive advanced treatment build-out

摘要

As the pace of spending for advanced wastewater treatment in Nordic coun-tries picks up, the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has celebrated a successful first year in 2019 for its Nordic-Baltic Blue Bond that is backing many of the region's most exciting projects. The Blue Bond is an SEK2 billion (€190 million) initiative set up to fund wastewa-ter projects in the region over a five-year period. The NIB's Environmental Bond Report published late last month revealed that the funds have so far been allocated to eight projects, with a total investment of €182 million. In 2019, 40% of blue bond disbursements went to projects in Sweden, 34% in Norway and 26% in Finland.