As a sustainability-focused financial market infrastructure (FMI) group, FMDQ Group PLC  joins the global community to commemorate the 2022 World Environment Day by restating its commitment to preserving the environment. 

FMDQ Group’s strong commitment to the preservation of the environment is firmly entrenched in its Sustainability Agenda, which has the ‘Environment’ as one of its five (5) Sustainability Pillars and is hinged on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, and Goal 13 - Climate Action. 

Furthermore, FMDQ Group, in recognition of the need for Nigeria to continuously stay at the forefront of the global sustainable finance drive, and acknowledgment of the potential of Nigerian financial markets to provide the requisite funding for climate-resilient investments, has taken the lead in championing sustainable finance initiatives. 

Notable amongst these initiatives include the launch and successful implementation of the Nigerian Green Bond Market Development Programme (NGBDP), with Financial Sector Deepening Africa, to accelerate the development of green bonds as a tool for Nigeria to broaden investments in green projects and assets. 

In its 5^th year, the NGBDP has successfully impacted over 928 financial market stakeholders through over 34 capacity-building meetings and supported the issuance of four (4) Corporate Green Bonds and two (2) Sovereign Green Bonds with a total value of ₦58.51 billion. 

The NGBDP also recently launched an Impact Report on its activities and how it has supported the use of green bonds in financing low carbon infrastructure in Nigeria.

FMDQ Group also facilitated the establishment of and serves as the Secretariat to the Financial Centre for Sustainability (FC4S), Lagos, the 23^rd member of the International Network of Financial Centers (FC4S Network) headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, whose sole aim is to accelerate the expansion of green and sustainable finance in Nigeria as well as promote the adoption of the UN 2030 SDGs. 

In a bid to close the gap created by the absence of a dedicated platform for listing green and sustainable securities, FMDQ Group, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited, launched the premier Green Exchange in Africa FMDQ Green Exchange. 

FMDQ Group remains focused on implementing more sustainable initiatives in support of the actualization of Nigeria’s ambitious NDC commitment. It commemorates the 2022 World Environment Day with its recycling initiative – FMDQ Triple R Initiative - in support of a circular economy. FMDQ Group is also providing support to the Lagos State Government on the issuance of its maiden blue bond with proceeds to tackle some of the issues with Lagos waterways and address attendant environmental challenges.