Rathbones was a lead investor in the World Bank’s 2024 Amazon Reforestation-Linked Outcome Bond, buying through its Greenbank Global Sustainability Bond Fund and Ethical Bond Fund [IC].
Right of reply
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In the register
The register follows instruments whose terms depend on a verified ecological outcome, the broad family of the performance-based bond. The register index explains its tiers, roles and claim tags.
| Deal | Year | Family | Role | Amount | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Bank Amazon Reforestation-Linked Outcome Bond | 2024 | Outcome-linked bond | Lead investor | Not disclosed | [IC] |
| World Bank Clean Cooking Outcome Bond (Ghana) | 2025 | Outside scope | Investor | Not disclosed | [IC] |
Related
References
- IFR, World Bank Amazon reforestation bond (August 2024)
- World Bank, Amazon Reforestation-Linked Outcome Bond release (13 August 2024)
- World Bank, Clean Cooking Outcome Bond (12 December 2025)
Provenance
Drafted on 15 October 2026 from the research brief Nature performance bond investors.md, compiled the same day from five research strands: outcome-linked and sustainability-linked bonds, environmental impact bonds, debt-for-nature conversions, insurers and reinsurers, and the largest asset managers with their regulatory context. Claim tags follow the brief, which never upgraded a claim without a source and lowered to [MS] any claim a research note had graded [IC] on the strength of a company’s own release. The headquarters country in based_in comes from general knowledge unless a deal record states it, and is to be confirmed. The brief’s search had limits: fund holdings filings, municipal bond disclosures and the Oxford INDIGO and Brookings impact bond databases were not searched, so a deal missing from this page may exist.