SLBs: The right debt tool for biodiversity?

Clara Browne-Amorim

Reporter at Uxolo

In:

Climate finance

Region:

Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) can be more flexible than traditional green debt and are well-suited to the long-term, outcome-oriented, carefully structured KPIs that biodiversity projects require. But if the structure is such a good fit with biodiversity, why are biodiversity SLBs still a relatively small niche?

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