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Wkly blog: 2nd Stockholms Lans Landsting green bond SEK1.8bn ($215m); convertible bonds from China’s United PV ($100m) + deals in the pipeline: ANZ Bank’s certified Climate Bond; 1st Brazilian green bond from BRF roadshow; 1st Mexican green bond ($125m)

Submitted on Tue, 2015-05-26 09:52

This week we have a lot of exciting green bond gossip about a strong pipeline of really diverse issuance coming through.

Municipal bonds

Second green issuance from Stockholms Lans with SEK 1.8bn ($215) green bond in two tranches (SEK1.5bn, 6yr, 1%, AA+ and SEK300m, 6yr, £MS+32BPS, AA+)

Wkly blog: First San Fran green muni bond ($32.9m) 40% oversubscribed & attracts new investors! Largest ever SEK green bond from Swedish PPP Fortum, SEK 2.5bn ($300m); BoA issues 2nd green bond ($600m); Green bond reports from Regency Centers and Vornado

Submitted on Fri, 2015-05-15 16:51

This week we’ve seen two sizeable corporate green bonds come to market: a US$600m bond from repeat issuer Bank of America and a first issuance of SEK2.5bn ($300m) from Swedish energy provider Fortum Varme. There has also been a smaller green municipal bond issuance ($32.9m) from San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

超级油轮准备起航! : 中国绿色金融报告(人民银行连手联合国环境规划署Inquiry)的雄心议程: 绿色债券定义、风险加权、税收优惠及安排优先批发等等，以及中国兴业银行发行第一宗绿色债券。酷！(Chinese)

Submitted on Thu, 2015-05-14 10:37

如有兴趣订阅中文版电子通讯，请联络黒田一贤 (info@climatebonds.net) 。

自上月中国人民银行发布《构建中国绿色金融体系》以来，此报告及其政策方向获得媒体高度关注。

此报告订立非常积极进取的议程，探讨如何透过政策及市场创新，加速发展中国绿色金融及资本市场。

报告亦详细讨论了绿色债券的发展路径! (而我们气候债券组织也有作为外国专家参与其中)

How to shift a supertanker: China Green Finance Rpt (PBoC+UNEP Inquiry) includes ambitious green bonds agenda: definitions, risk weighting, tax breaks + fast track issuance approval + first China green bond from Industrial Bank. 好酷喔 (that's cool!)

Submitted on Thu, 2015-05-14 00:00

Since it was released late last month, a ground-breaking report, “Establishing China’s Green Financial System”, from China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), released, has been getting a lot of media attention.

The report sets out an ambitious agenda for how China can green its rapidly developing financial and capital markets, using policy, regulatory and market-innovations.

It also details an impressive push for green bonds! (And yes, the Climate Bonds Initiative did have something to do with that.