UK outlines green agenda ahead of £15bn-plus green Gilt issue

摘要

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced plans for the world's first sovereign green bonds targeted at retail investors in his 2021 budget statement last week as the UK stages a late bid to show its green credentials in the run-up to November's influential COP 26 meeting. The budget statement outlined a minimum £15bn of green Gilts that will be issued this year, but went further by including a far-reaching green remit for the Bank of England, and the creation of a new UK Infrastructure Bank.