Post by Christian Schreckeis, CFA

🌱 Very proud to share the latest Green Investor Report of the Republic of Austria! 🇦🇹 This comprehensive publication reflects Austria’s strong commitment to green financing 🌳 and sustainable capital markets. The latest edition delivers an in-depth view of how the country’s green proceeds are invested, providing both transparency 🔍 and accountability ✅ for investors and stakeholders alike. Highlights of the Report: 🌱 Combined Reporting (allocation and impact): offers timely and comprehensive information (86 pages) in a convenient way, with strong focus set on readability/usability of the report. 🌍 Green budgetary expenditures of Austria’s federal government for 2024 and 2025 amounted to EUR 6.3 bn and EUR 7.2 bn, respectively. This again makes the Republic of Austria the green sovereign issuer with the highest share of green budgetary expenditures in relation to GDP worldwide! 📊 Robust Impact Framework: 99.5% of the allocated amount (EUR 6.13 bn) was underpinned by 45 different impact/performance metrics, providing a strong evidence base for the benefits of Austria’s green investments. E.g. the financed projects lead to a total reduction/avoidance of 3.5 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e) per year over the projects’ life cycle. 📋 Case Studies: Eight case studies (covering eight different green categories) were implemented to get a better grip on the projects included in the Green Financing. This includes for the first time an EU Taxonomy assessment of allocated green budgetary expenditures (Austrian railway infrastructure). ✔️ Independent Verification: Strong SPO of a strict external verifier (ISS-Corporate), confirming full alignment with ICMA/market standards and best practice in reporting. 🌱 The report is a testament to Austria’s ongoing efforts to set the highest standards in green finance. It’s worth exploring for anyone interested in sustainable investment 💚, best practices 📈, and impactful reporting! A great thanks to Bundesministerium für Finanzen, Bundesministerium für Land- & Forstwirtschaft, Klima- & Umweltschutz, Regionen & Wasserwirtschaft, Umweltbundesamt - Environment Agency Austria, Deutsche Bank and the excellent team at OeBFA Austrian Treasury who contributed to this great success in this fourth green reporting cycle🔝 #GreenFinance #Sustainability #ImpactReporting #Austria #GreenInvestorReport #BondMarkets #ESG #WeWorkForAustria Magdalena Mandl Angelika Schlögel, Caroline Mayr, Stefan Sengelin, Karl Waxmund, Andreas Rajchl, Leah Bryson, Natalie Glas, Christoph Chrysalis, Margarethe Staudner, Lea Schneider, Konrad Loimer, Adrian von Jagow Philipp Jungwirth Yen-ta Liu, CFA Lea Reitmeier Philipp Graf