SDG Housing Bonds

We are a regular issuer of social/sustainable bonds. We started issuing them in 2017 and currently are one of the world’s largest issuers of these bonds! The proceeds of our social/sustainable bonds are used to finance social housing associations in the Netherlands. These organisations provide social and affordable housing to people with low incomes, or with special needs, who have difficulty accessing dwellings on the market.

Affordable Housing Bonds

In 2017, we set up a framework for ‘Affordable Housing Bonds’. We use the proceeds from these bonds to provide loans to the social housing sector in the Netherlands. We focus strongly on these organisations’ social purpose. Community management is an important part of their work and as such they create a safe and healthy environment and bring up the standard of living in neighbourhoods.

SDG Housing Bonds

In 2019, we rebranded the Affordable Housing Bonds into the ‘SDG Housing Bonds’ to signal the transition from a social bond to a sustainable bond. The idea is for these organisations to have environmental goals as well as social goals. Our reporting focuses on eight Sustainable Development Goals, all of which are linked to social and environmental issues.