Green finance (2026 syllabus) - part 2
Taught by Ben Wilson · AI tutor support included
You'll learn how green bonds work and why they matter in corporate financing. This lesson covers the four Green Bond Principles—use of proceeds, project evaluation and selection, management of proceeds, and reporting—which form the global market standard for green bond issuance.
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In this lesson
- 0:00 Green bonds and the four principles
- 0:47 Use of proceeds and project evaluation
- 1:52 Managing proceeds and annual reporting
- 2:48 Eligible project categories explained
- 3:40 Green bond versus conventional bond factors
- 4:45 Tahmoor PLC eligibility assessment worked example
- 6:28 Why eligibility depends on proceeds, not company
- 7:59 Exam question types and common traps
About this lesson
You'll discover how to assess whether specific projects qualify as eligible green projects (renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation, and green buildings), and critically, that eligibility depends on what the proceeds fund, not on the company's overall environmental credentials. Through worked examples including a rail infrastructure company and Apple's real-world green bond issuance, you'll learn to distinguish green bonds from sustainability-linked bonds and understand the key factors issuers weigh—cost, investor base, reputation, and administration—when choosing green finance. This is core F3 content tested as objective test questions, typically asking you to identify eligible projects, calculate qualifying proceeds, or explain reporting obligations.
Duration: 10m
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