Product Standards
Principles
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Product Standards
Principles
Complementary Thematic Guidance
Green Bonds
Principles
• The Principles
• Pre-Issuance Checklist
• Green Project Mapping
• Taxonomies & Nomenclatures
• Standards and Labels
• Information Template
Social Bonds
• The Principles
• Pre-Issuance Checklist
Reporting and other Guidance
Climate Transition Finance
• Handbook
• Methodologies Registry
Wider Debt
Capital Market Guidance
Impact Reporting
• Handbook Harmonised Framework for Impact Reporting (green projects)
• Harmonised Framework for Impact Reporting for Social Bonds
Updated June 2026
Comparison of the GBP with Official Standards
• Phase 1 – GBP and EUGBS
• Information Template Principles
Green Enabling Projects
• Guidance
Allocation Reporting
• Guidance inventory
Sustainability Bonds
• Guidelines
• Information Template
Sustainability-Linked Bonds
• The Principles
• Illustrative KPIs Registry
• Information Template
• Disclosure Data Checklist
Climate Transition Bonds
• Guidelines
• FAQs
SustainabilityLinked Loans financing Bonds
• Guidelines
Guidance
Handbook:
High level Mapping to SDGs

Sustainable Bonds for Nature
• Practitioner’s Guide
External Reviewers
• Guidelines
• Mapping
• External Review Form
Bonds to Bridge the Gender Gap*
• Practitioner’s Guide
Impact Reporting Database Providers
• Guidelines
• Mapping
Bonds to Finance the Sustainable Blue Economy*
• Practitioner’s Guide
Bond Index Services
• Supporting Paper
• Mapping
Cross cutting Q&As
Green, Social and Sustainability Sukuk*
• Guidance
High yield SLBs*
• Practical recommendations
* Guidance done in conjunction with other organisations ** Jointly with other ICMA Committees
Sustainable commercial paper**
• Preliminary guidance
Repo and sustainability**
• Preliminary guidance
• Surveys