DFCC Bank lists Sri Lanka’s first Blue Bond worth LKR 3 billion on NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) at GIFT City.

Key facts

• DFCC Bank’s LKR 3 billion Blue Bond is Sri Lanka’s first-ever Blue Bond and is primarily listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).
• The bond has been dually listed on NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) at GIFT City, becoming the first blue bond admitted for trading within India’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) jurisdiction.
• The dual listing was facilitated under a Memorandum of Understanding between NSE IX and the Colombo Stock Exchange signed at GIFT City on Friday.
• DFCC Bank introduced the blue bonds in November 2025 to finance sustainable use of marine resources, supply of clean drinking water, aquatic pollution control, and related sustainable economic activities.
• Blue bonds are a subset of green bonds that channel proceeds specifically toward marine conservation, sustainable fisheries, ocean-based economic activity, and broader water-related environmental projects.
• In June 2025, NSE IX hosted DFCC Bank PLC’s leadership at GIFT IFSC to mark the listing of its LKR 2.5 billion foreign-currency green bonds, Sri Lanka’s first renewable energy-focused capital market debt instrument and the first foreign corporate issuance admitted to trading on the exchange.