investor confidence and trust but also ensuring business integrity and creating long-term business value. In conducting its leadership roles and responsiblilities, the board should strive for the following
market confidence and business integrity, which in turn is essential for companies that need access to equity capital for long term investment. Access to equity capital is particularly important for future
buildings and industry, low-carbon transport, bioenergy, water infrastructure and sustainable agriculture. The Standard is an environmental standard. It does not substitute for financial or other due
development of national green bond guidelines or standards issued globally. The GBP are a set of voluntary guidelines elaborated by key market participants under co- ordination of the ICMA as its secretariat
honesty and integrity based on their career records, as well as having skills and experiences which are beneficial to the business operation; (4) being able to show the readiness of its work system and
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, business partners, the community, society and the environment. In addition, innovation should not facilitate or result in unethical, non-compliant or illegal conduct by individuals or the company. Principle
business ethics through codes of conduct/ ethics (or similar instrument) and oversee a culture of integrity, notwithstanding differing ethical norms and legal standards in various countries. This should
reputations, divided into two areas as follows: Staff Code of Ethics consists of guidelines for handling conflicts of interest, for example, prohibiting staff from trading stocks or accepting assets or
climate integrity, either through their contribution to climate mitigation, and/or to adaptation and resilience to climate change, will be certified. Where a bond encompasses a mixed portfolio of assets