Following the 2015 Paris agreement that boosted the green bond market, the launch of the Sustainability Linked Bonds (SLB ) Principles by ICMA (international capital markets association) has generated a new market for this type of asset. In the first half of the year, it reached a volume of USD 259.6 billion, 8% of the size of the green bond market. Erste AM analyzes in its blog the requirements for a bond to be considered an SLB, its advantages for investors, and the outlook for SLB market.