By Ciaran O’Leary, Head of Sustainability at i3PT
Money, money, money …… money makes the world go around. That’s an old saying, which is really applicable to the financial markets. Unfortunately for the sustainability sector, this wasn’t a saying which seemed to apply to them. But along came the ICMA and the Green Bond Principles and something changed in mainstream construction. Suddenly banks were issuing green bonds and green loans, institutions were buying them, and it seemed that there was a real push to make buildings sustainable and resilient.