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What is Green Loan

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CSR and Socially Responsible Investing Strategies in Transitioning and Emerging Economies
A type of loan, which is used by financial institutions (banks, credit unions) to finance the environmentally friendly projects.
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Green Investment Financing Instruments
Vilma Kazlauskiene (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania) and Aura Draksaite (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2193-9.ch010
Abstract
The chapter analyses the peculiarities of current green financing instruments. Rapid development of these instruments markets prompts the need to comprehend the main factors behind it, and thus the necessity to recognize opportunities to profit by the occasion. In the chapter, such green financial instruments as green bonds, green equities, and green loans are discussed. Also, private green investment promotion instruments are overviewed. Current green financial instrument market development trends are presented, and main contributing factors are provided. Furthermore, main challenges of investing and development of environmentally sustainable business practices are analyzed. Based on the analysis results, insight regarding further development of green financial markets is offered.
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