Saudi wealth fund plans green bond, works with BlackRock on ESG

Saudi wealth fund plans green bond, works with BlackRock on ESG

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Published 21 Sep,2021 via Bloomberg Green - Saudi Arabia’s $430 billion sovereign wealth fund plans to announce its first green debt issuance and is working with BlackRock Inc. on a framework incorporating environmental, social and governance principles.

The Public Investment Fund will announce the green issuance “very soon,” Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan said in a virtual event on Tuesday.