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Middle East: the Evolution of Sustainable Capital Markets

11 December 2019

In keeping with global trends which have seen sustainable finance continue to expand to the level where, at the start of 2018, global sustainable investment in five major markets across the globe amounted to roughly USD30.7 trillion (source: Global Sustainable Investment Alliance), the development of sustainable
finance, including through the use of green bonds, green sukuk and green loans, continues to evolve across a region more readily associated with its conventional energy resources, oil and gas.

Growing the Green Economy

This article was initially published in Growing the Green Economy: Addressing the Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities, our far-reaching look at developments in ESG and sustainable finance. 

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