Green Bonds for Green Cities

The Green Bonds Initiative has just released an important new guide on How to Issue Green Municipal Bonds.

The Green Municipal Bonds Playbook, issued through the US Green City Bond Coalition gives guidance to prospective issuers on how to tap into the rapidly growing green muni bond market.

Available for download, the Playbook includes:

• The benefits of issuing a green bond
• A simple 5-step guide for how to issue a Green Muni Bond
• In-depth case studies on the green bond issuances from municipal utility DC Water and Massachusetts State
• An introduction to the green bond market and the US muni bond market

Check out the recording of the launch webinar, to hear about the green bond issuance experience directly from the City of Portland and the City of Asheville

The US Green City Bond Coalition is led by the Climate Bonds Initiative, NRDC, C40, CDP, Ceres and As You Sow, and is part of the Climate Bonds Initiative wider global Green City Bonds Campaign that aims to build a global bond market that will finance the development of low carbon and climate resilient cities.