The Impact of Green Bond Market on Achieving the Sustainability in Sweden
Manik Ran Pathirannahalage, Dilmi Sheraya Karunarathne (2025)
2025
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This bachelor’s thesis examines the willingness and interest to invest in green bonds in Sweden. The research investigates how interested are private investors investing in green bonds in Swe-den and how much does responsibility matter when a private investor makes investment deci-sion. The research investigates four key factors as awareness and understanding, financial and ethical motives, barriers and challenges and return and risks expectation.
The theoretical framework guiding this research with the concept of green bonds and the devel-opment of green bonds, the role of green bonds in achieving the sustainability developments goals (SDGs), Swedish investor awareness and understanding of green bonds including infor-mation and data availability about green bonds and motives and challenges in green bond in-vestments and return and risk expectation of green bonds investor confidence.
This research was carried out as a quantitative study using a survey aimed at investigating to private investors’ willingness and interest to invest in green bonds in Sweden. The data collection process involved an analysis of 132 responses form survey. The results of the data analysis revealed that most Swedish green bond investors, primarily educated middle aged males, are investing in green bonds. However, some barriers to investment effect for the participations.
In conclusion, the theoretical framework and the research findings presents that Sweden is lead-er in sustainable finance and green bond market and private investors have a good engagement with investing green bond market. By addressing knowledge gaps, enhancing transparency, and improving communication about risk and return, Sweden is in a better position to convert high interest into actual investment behavior.
The theoretical framework guiding this research with the concept of green bonds and the devel-opment of green bonds, the role of green bonds in achieving the sustainability developments goals (SDGs), Swedish investor awareness and understanding of green bonds including infor-mation and data availability about green bonds and motives and challenges in green bond in-vestments and return and risk expectation of green bonds investor confidence.
This research was carried out as a quantitative study using a survey aimed at investigating to private investors’ willingness and interest to invest in green bonds in Sweden. The data collection process involved an analysis of 132 responses form survey. The results of the data analysis revealed that most Swedish green bond investors, primarily educated middle aged males, are investing in green bonds. However, some barriers to investment effect for the participations.
In conclusion, the theoretical framework and the research findings presents that Sweden is lead-er in sustainable finance and green bond market and private investors have a good engagement with investing green bond market. By addressing knowledge gaps, enhancing transparency, and improving communication about risk and return, Sweden is in a better position to convert high interest into actual investment behavior.