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Investing in positive social outcomes
Sustainability Bond Framework
NHFIC has developed a Sustainability Bond Framework aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the International Capital Market Association’s Social Bond Principles 2018 (SBPs). NHFIC intends to expand the Framework to cover issuance of sustainability and/or green bonds in the future. The Framework governs:
The use of proceeds of bond issuances
The process for evaluation and selection of AHBA loans financed or refinanced by the bond
The management of the bond proceeds
The form of reporting NHFIC will undertake.
Pre-issuances statements
NHFIC follows market best practise by submitting the Framework and its processes for external review by an independent assurance provider.
- Ernst & Young provided pre-issuance assurance confirming that the:
- first social bond issuance was in compliance with the Sustainability Bond Framework
- Framework and nominated loans for the bonds meet the identification, management of proceeds and reporting principles of the SBPs.
- NHFIC will commission and publish further external assurance on the first social bond within 12 months of its issuance.
Download the Pre-Issuance Assurance Statements:
