Climate Bonds Blog

Posted: Dec 19, 2015

Corporate green bonds

BPCE, one of the largest banks in France, issues 300m ($328.6m) inaugural green bond -  (1.125%, A/A2, 7yrs)

BPCE, France’s second largest bank, issued its inaugural bond of €300m for renewable energy projects in the country. Rated as A (S&P, Fitch) and A2 (Moody’s), the bond comes in €300m ($328.6m), offering 1.125% coupon and 7-yr tenor. Natixis is the sole underwriter for this issuance.

Mkt updates: French bank BPCE's inaugural €300m green bond for renewables; 5 green bond repeat issuers flood post-COP mkt with GBs! EBRD (IDR 17bn), KfW (SEK 1bn), IFC (ZAR 1bn), CACIB (BRL30m) & green gossip!
Posted: Dec 17, 2015

22 Dec 10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET

 

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Webinar Invitation: How can transport help achieve the 2°C warming limit agreed in Paris? Climate Bonds and SLoCaT introduce the new Low Carbon Transport Climate Bonds Standard
Posted: Dec 11, 2015

8am Ottawa/2pm Paris/1pm London: Today, Climate Bonds and Sustainable Prosperity are releasing the fourth annual Bonds and Climate Change: State of the Market in Canada 2015, which is a special supplement to the Bonds and Climate Change: The State of the Market in 2015.

New Canada 'Bonds & Climate Change: State of Market' report - bright future with great commitments from new gov
Posted: Dec 9, 2015

COP21: 09/122015: Paris: Today we are launching a Green Bond Guide for the public sector, offering detailed action plans & best-practice examples from around the world for how to grow green bond markets.

Climate Bonds and UNEP Inquiry Launch Green Bond Policy Report ‘Scaling Green Bond Markets - Guide for the Public Sector’
Posted: Dec 9, 2015

Support for Green Bonds in Climate Finance Policy & Market Mix

 

Today at COP21: 27 Global investors representing $11trn AUM back 'Paris Green Bonds Statement'
Posted: Dec 8, 2015

Corporate

HSBC inaugural  500m ($547m) green bond is BIG success with 4x oversubscribed (0.625%, AAA, 10 yrs)

Mkt update: roaring wk in GB mkt -Renovate America 1st labeled Green ABS $201m +2nd review! Big demand HSBC €500m 4x oversub; Oslo NOK1.5bn, CN’s $65m water, Repeats from EDC, EIB, OPIC, detail on SocGen; & gossip!
Posted: Dec 8, 2015

Hosted by Shearman et Sterling, 114 Av. des Champs-Élysées.   

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Reminder: Wed 9 Dec, 18:00-20:00 CET - COP21 Side Event: Green Bonds: the 2016 Game Plan. Speakers: Burrows, Robins, Reynolds, Loeffler, Tennant, Kidney, Youngman & Massih
Posted: Dec 8, 2015

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Yikes - forgot to mention Henning Wuester from IRENA will also be with us at COP21 today 15:45, with UNDB/GEF/OECD/Citi/Lendable/EIB
Posted: Dec 7, 2015

Joint Focus on Standards and Categorisation for Green Investments

 

 

French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development & Energy becomes Climate Bonds Partner
Posted: Dec 7, 2015

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Tomorrow’s Best COP21 Side Event: Even Better-It’s in the Green Zone! Climate Finance Aggregation Forum with Helen Clark and Naoko Ishii; 15.45-17.15 Rio Pavilion, Green Zone