how to buy green bonds
investments in green bonds often come from institutional investors mutual funds hedge funds and endowments that can afford to invest large sums in debt instruments however many mutual funds and etfs offer exposure to the green bond space for retail investors who want to align their portfolios with their environmental sensibilities and values for example the ishares usd green bond etf bgrn tracks the performance of an index comprising investment grade bonds that finance environmental projects while the etf focuses only on u s dollar denominated debt it includes bonds from non u s issuers and u s based borrowers while etfs like bgrn are readily available through a brokerage account or online platform retail investors who want to buy individual green bonds have a slightly more complex situation your broker may allow you to invest in individual bonds but when purchasing green bonds from corporate issuers you may be subject to minimum deposits maintenance fees and commissions government issued green bonds may also be available to buy through your broker or directly from the issuer 