These Guidelines are designed to ensure that projects and investments focus on local peoples, biodiversity conservation, and natural resources.
The Amazonia Bonds Investment Guidelines is a living document comprising a set of recommended guidelines for project selection and evaluation, measures to mitigate environmental and social risks, and relevant impact reporting metrics.
The Guidelines are aligned with the ICMA Principles for Green, Social and Sustainability bonds and seek to enable the issuance of Amazonia Bonds as a standardized and credible sub-label in the sustainable bond market.
Amazonia Bonds are an innovative capital markets instrument focused on addressing the urgent need for sustainable development in Amazonia.
Amazonia Bonds are those bonds issued under frameworks aligned with the Amazonia Bonds Investment Guidelines.
The bonds are expected to connect public and private issuers with sustainability-focused investors looking to integrate Amazonian investments into their portfolios responsibly.
Amazonia Bonds are needed to address the financing gap in the Amazon and allow more funds to flow from investors into projects that have positive environmental and social benefits in the region.
Amazonia Bonds seek to support the transformation of the Amazon region’s economy from an extractive, frontier economy towards a sustainable economy that:
- Generates employment and improves quality of life for Amazonian residents, particularly Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
- Reduces deforestation and values nature restoration, by supporting governance and innovative solutions.
- Strengthens economic growth and scales socio-bioeconomy value chains based on the region’s social and natural capital.
Amazonia Bonds are a sub-label of Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds. Proceeds raised through the issuance of Amazonia bonds are expected to be earmarked for projects and activities that support the holistic, sustainable development of Amazonia.
The key objectives are social well-being, urban resilience, bioeconomy growth, sustainable use of land, and environmental governance.
Examples of eligible investments are education, urban infrastructure, agroforestry, nature-based solutions, and biodiversity restoration. The impact of Amazonia Bonds that follow the guidelines will be measured by KPIs specific to Amazonia.
Amazonia Bonds are an innovative capital markets instrument focused on addressing the urgent need for sustainable development in Amazonia.
Amazonia Bonds are those bonds issued under frameworks aligned with the Amazonia Bonds Investment Guidelines.
The bonds are expected to connect public and private issuers with sustainability-focused investors looking to integrate Amazonian investments into their portfolios responsibly.
Amazonia Bonds are needed to address the financing gap in the Amazon and allow more funds to flow from investors into projects that have positive environmental and social benefits in the region.
Amazonia Bonds seek to support the transformation of the Amazon region’s economy from an extractive, frontier economy towards a sustainable economy that:
- Generates employment and improves quality of life for Amazonian residents, particularly Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
- Reduces deforestation and values nature restoration, by supporting governance and innovative solutions.
- Strengthens economic growth and scales socio-bioeconomy value chains based on the region’s social and natural capital.
Amazonia Bonds are a sub-label of Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds. Proceeds raised through the issuance of Amazonia bonds are expected to be earmarked for projects and activities that support the holistic, sustainable development of Amazonia.
The key objectives are social well-being, urban resilience, bioeconomy growth, sustainable use of land, and environmental governance.
Examples of eligible investments are education, urban infrastructure, agroforestry, nature-based solutions, and biodiversity restoration. The impact of Amazonia Bonds that follow the guidelines will be measured by KPIs specific to Amazonia.
Learn more about the unique participatory process involving Indigenous Peoples, Afrodescendants, and Local Communities in designing these Guidelines to ensure they are fit-for-purpose.
June-October Actions
- Discuss value-added of Amazonia Bonds
- Develop criteria for eligibility, environmental & social risk management systems
- Receive feedback from potential issuers and civil society organizations
October Actions
- Awareness-raising
- Announce core components
- Start initial dialogue with Indigenous Peoples leaders
- Commit to participatory dialogue process with Indigenous Peoples and afro-descendants
- COP16
November '24 - April '25 Planned Actions
- Awareness raising, socialization, dialogue
- Participative dialogue with Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendent communities
- Continuous stakeholder feedback
- Revision of Guidelines based on dialogues and feedback
July '25 - Onwards
- Capacity building for potential issuers
- Development of a tailor-made issuer strategies
- Potential Issuance of Amazonia Bonds
June-October Actions
- Discuss value-added of Amazonia Bonds
- Develop criteria for eligibility, environmental & social risk management systems
- Receive feedback from potential issuers and civil society organizations
October Actions
- Awareness-raising
- Announce core components
- Start initial dialogue with Indigenous Peoples leaders
- Commit to participatory dialogue process with Indigenous Peoples and afro-descendants
- COP16
November '24 - April '25 Planned Actions
- Awareness raising, socialization, dialogue
- Participative dialogue with Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendent communities
- Continuous stakeholder feedback
- Revision of Guidelines based on dialogues and feedback
July '25 - Onwards
- Capacity building for potential issuers
- Development of a tailor-made issuer strategies
- Potential Issuance of Amazonia Bonds
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