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Investors have bid against each other to buy Australia’s first green bond. Here’s why that’s a great sign

  • Written by: Gordon Noble, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Investors have bid against each other to buy Australia’s first green bond. Here’s why that’s a great signGreg Brave/Shutterstock

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