21 November 2023, 8.30 - 9.30 GMT.
What: Presentation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) first sustainable bonds impact report
IFAD will present to an audience of investors how the proceeds of its first sustainable bonds have been invested and how the investments are improving the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of small-scale farmers.
In June last year, IFAD issued its first-ever sustainable bonds as part of a strategy to channel more funding to the world's poorest people, who live in the rural areas of developing countries and are essential to feeding the world today and tomorrow. With climate change accelerating, food insecurity rising and instability growing, IFAD is acting and innovating to ensure developing countries and vulnerable populations have the financing they need to develop and take climate action.
IFAD is the first United Nations Fund and the only UN body and specialized agency other than the World Bank Group to raise funding on capital markets. It has a AA+ rating from both Standard & Poor's and Fitch.
IFAD will also open the London Stock Exchange markets at 08.00 on the same morning.
