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Month: February 2021

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DKB commits to sustainable-only issuance after negative GBS first

19 February 2021

Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) will in future only tap the bond markets in green and social format, after having sold the first deal compliant with the latest draft of the EU Taxonomy and Green Bond Standard, a €500m five year that is also the first senior preferred bank bond issued at a negative yield.

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Data and standards needed for CRE issuers to ‘surf green wave’

3 February 2021

A lack of data and confusion over standards could thwart EU Taxonomy-compliant green bonds with commercial real estate as their use of proceeds, according to speakers in a Berlin Hyp-CBI event, but the ambition of the European initiative was welcomed.

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NN pioneers with green covered and mortgage start-up

Nationale-Nederlanden Bank (NN Bank) on 10 May issued the first Dutch green covered bond, reinforcing the group’s ESG drive, including the establishment in 2020 of Woonnu, a mortgage provider aimed at incentivising sustainable living. Sustainabonds’ Neil Day discussed the varied dimensions of the bank’s sustainability strategy with NN Bank’s Niek Allon, head of treasury, Sander Roling, funding manager, and Patricia Plass, head of ESG office and CEO of Woonnu.
  • Accelerating the transition to sustainable finance via liability management

  • Public sector roundtable: Building a better future

  • SFIL powers green and social impact across France

  • Sustainability-linked bonds go mainstream

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