What Can We Learn from Alphabet’s Sustainable Bonds Program?

How Alphabet Defines Sustainability Appears to Guide Funding

Nicholas Poggioli
Climate Conscious
Published in
5 min readJan 7, 2022

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Watering Sustainability with Bond Proceeds

Alphabet Inc.’s sustainability bonds program began in August 2020 when the firm offered $5.75 billion in sustainability bonds as part of a broader $10 billion debt offering. The offering raised a net $5.688 billion earmarked for eight sustainability categories…

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Nicholas Poggioli
Climate Conscious

Assistant Professor of Management at Appalachian State University