
Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Photo: UK Parliament CC BY 3.0
The second issuance of UK green gilts has attracted more than £70bn in bids from investors looking to raise funds for green projects, the Treasury announced this afternoon, as it confirmed the second round of its green bond programme had raised £6bn.
The government said the latest successful issuance put the UK in the top three national issuers of green bonds in the world, with the sale coming just a month after the Treasury issued its first gr...
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