Green Investment

January 2024 – Green Investment, also called sustainable investment, is the process of investing in projects or businesses that focus on improving the environment such as pollution reduction, fossil fuel conservation, clean energy generation, and sustainable waste management. Green investment goals are to drive the energy transition to a circular and sustainable economy and generate financial returns on investment. Green investment instruments include green bonds, green traded funds, and carbon offsets. There are many benefits to green investment such as government incentives and tax credits, pollution and emission reduction, and new job creation. However, there are challenges such as the absence of global market standards, and low investment revenue. In 2015, green bond issuance was officially recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a climate action.

In this slideshow, you will learn about the definition, goals, instruments, types, benefits, challenges, UN policy, and global statistics of green investment.