In 2019, Chile became the first sovereign issuer of green bonds in the Americas. A year later, the Andean country was already one of the largest issuers of sovereign green bonds in emerging markets. Chile's government reaffirmed its commitment to ESG in 2024 and announced the possibility of issuing sustainability-linked bonds, as done in 2022 and 2023. According to official estimates, the participation of ESG instruments would reach 38% of the debt stock in 2024.

Continuing our webinar series on sustainable finance, Victor Gonzalez, Chief of Chile's Public Debt Office, and Vivian Guo, Co-Head of Global Macro ESG at Franklin Templeton, will discuss Chile's ESG financing strategy. Cesar Arias, former Director of Colombia's Debt Management Office, will moderate the webinar.