Sustainability linked bonds an instrument of future finance based on past trends: A bibliometric analysis

This paper aims raising awareness and provide information growing literature on Sustainability bonds (SB) or Sustainability-linked bonds (SLB). Society, individuals businesses that use natural resources also have duty to protect environment. In this context, bibliometric information was gathered by searching Scopus Core Collection database under heading “sustainable bonds or SLB.”. Results were further filtered by eight keywords, followed by subject area. Sum of 142 documents is selected from Scopus database from 19872022 (July). This study deconstructs most influential articles and top contributing journals, authors, and countries. It also presents network visualizations on keyword cluster analysis, keywords based on authors, summary of 50 keywords, trending keywords based on abstract, , thematic evolution, and three-field plots in SB or SLB. Findings from study of years 1987 to 2022 demonstrate growth potential of SB or SLB. In India, there is gap in knowledge on SB or SLB. India has only worked on small number of keywords out of top 20 keywords hence it is advantageous for academics to contribute to this field of study. Study intends to provide emphasis on current research trends in area of SB or SLB along with trends in increasing investment through GSSSB’s (Green, social, sustainable, sustainability linked bonds) and its implication in metaverse.