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The EU Green Bond Standard: intense negotiations on instrumental aspects

03 Jun 2022

10 - minute read
 
Executive Summary
Proposed by the European Commission on July 6th, 2021[1], the final negotiation phase of the European Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) has begun but several conten...

SCI Lamartine successfully issued its €500 10-yr inaugural Green Bond issuance dedicated to energy-efficient housing

03 Jun 2022

4 - minute read

Natixis acted as Global Coordinator and Green Structuring Advisor and active Bookrunner for the issuance of €500 million inaugural Green Bond.
On Thursday 14th April, SCI Lamarti...

SUEZ issued its inaugural €2.6bn Green Bond, unprecedented deal in the sector

03 Jun 2022

2 - minute read

Natixis acted as Global Coordinator and Sole Green Structurer for the issuance of EUR 2.6 bn triple tranches Green Bond devoted to refinance part of Suez acquisition , the largest...

BPCE's Green Bond to refinance Sustainable Agriculture assets

20 Jan 2022

1 - minute read 
 
Natixis acted as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Green Structurer for the issuance of EUR750 million in Senior non preferred Green Bond devoted to sustainable agriculture, a first in E...

Nuclear & Gas in the EU Taxonomy: integrity safeguarded despite postures and outrages

20 Jan 2022

2 - minute read 
 
The European Commission recently shared the long-awaited draft of the Taxonomy criteria for nuclear and gas with Member States and the Platform on Sustainable Finance[1]. The t...

ESG integration in Leverage Finance: where do we stand?

25 Jun 2021

Until recently, the lack of available, reliable, and comparable data for HY corporates has delayed the incorporation of ESG factors in the HY bond asset class. However, according to S&P, from t...

Verbund issues world’s first bond combining Use-of-Proceeds earmarking and KPI-linking mechanism

29 Apr 2021

4-minute read
 
Verbund, an Austrian leading electricity company (Baa1/BBB+), has issued in March 2021 the first Bond combining both Green Use-of-Proceeds (Green Bond) and Sustainability Key Perfo...

Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles : a set of guidelines to help this new product thrive in integrity

29 Jul 2020

 
On June 9, 2020, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)’s Green & Social Bond Principles published a new set of voluntary process guidelines for the debt capital market related ...

TEG 101 - The EU Green Bond Standard: A bedrock for maket rules and integrity

02 Aug 2019

Editorial
To implement its Sustainable Finance Action Plan, the European Commission mandated a Technical Expert Group to come forward with a standard for green bonds. This EU Green Bond Standard (...

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