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Sustainable Debt Monitor: Boom time!
- Record highs: global issuance of sustainable debt (bonds and loans) hit a fresh record of over $1.4 trillion in 2021, almost double the level in 2020-bringing total market size close to $3.4 trillion.
- Amid surging demand, we project global sustainable debt issuance at $1.8 trillion in 2022, soaring to $3.8 trillion in 2025. Under favorable market conditions, total issuance could reach an annual pace of over $7 trillion by 2025.
- EM borrowers raised more than $230bn from ESG debt markets in 2021-over three times the $75bn raised in 2020.
- Greening SOEs: EM state-owned enterprises raised >$50bn from ESG bond markets in 2021-1.5% of total issuance
