Month: October 2023

A pre-summer bout of green, social and sustainability issuance from Germany’s federal states highlighted their burgeoning activity in the market as well as the environmental and social tasks they face. Representatives of the five Länder to have issued GSS bonds spoke to Sustainabonds’ Neil Day about their rationale for entering the market, what make their frameworks distinctive, and how their issuance is evolving in light of market and regulatory developments.

CFF yesterday issued an inaugural issue of social obligations foncières supporting social housing and healthcare under the BPCE group’s sustainable development bond programme, a €500m long five year deal that bankers said “unblocked” the euro benchmark covered bond market.