Green Bonds in India: Sustainable Investments with Room to Grow

Sangeeta27 May, 2024Finance

In recent years, the conversation around global warming and climate change has taken centre stage, and for crucial reasons. In their interaction with this conversation, businesses and governments have sought to address the shortcomings of the prevalent system through a shift to environment-friendly solutions to the needs of the environment and the populations they cater to. And thus, we have observed a marked shift towards sustainable options like electric vehicles, paperless businesses, infrastructural projects pertaining to solar use and the like. While the jury is still out on the actual impact of these changes, it is certain that they have significantly impacted policy designs curated by governments and corporations alike. Importantly, since a number of these initiatives demand large scale alterations in the production process, governments and corporations have sought to facilitate the influx of funds required for the same through a number of financial instruments - like green bond