Glossary

• Applicant:  a bond that chooses to apply for the Green Bond Label (first time application or application for the renewal of the Label)
  

• Application:  the act by an applicant bond to apply for the Green Bond Label
  

• Application form: the form that supports the application by an applicant bond for the Green Bond Label
  

• Application file:  the entire file that comprises the application form, certain documents to be attached to the application file and the detailed questionnaire
  

• ESG: Environment, Social, Governance

• Green Bond (GB): A green bond enables capital-raising and investment for new and existing projects with environmental benefits (Source: ICMA). 
  

• LuxFLAG: Created in July 2006, the Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) is an independent not for profit agency that supports sustainable finance by providing clarity for investors through awarding Labels to applicant investment funds which meet specific published criteria

• LuxFLAG’s Eligibility Committee: the LuxFLAG body that reviews the application files and that recommends to the LuxFLAG Board of Directors whether the Applicant may be granted the right to use the Green Bond Label
  

• LuxFLAG Green Bond Label:  the Label that LuxFLAG may grant to Applicants that meet all of the Green Bond Label Eligibility Criteria
  

• LuxFLAG Green Bond Label Eligibility Criteria: the specific published criteria as defined by LuxFLAG that an Applicant must comply with in order to obtain the Green Bond Label
  

• NDA: Non-disclosure agreement
  

• Pre-questionnaire: a questionnaire to be completed by an Applicant that may help the Applicant to assess whether it may be eligible for the Green Bond Label.
  

• SDG: Sustainable Development Goals, a UN initiative defining 17 goals and 169 targets as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development