Largest Philippine bank to sell bonds against ocean pollution


MANILA, April 30 (Bloomberg): BDO Unibank Inc, the Philippines’ largest bank by assets, will sell bonds to help fight marine pollution and preserve clean water resources.

The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corp. will buy US$100 million of the so-called blue bonds, the first of its kind in the Philippines.

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