Deals – Page 13 – Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds

DNB first Nordic bank to launch green bond with renewables deal

13 February 2015

DNB on Wednesday became the first commercial bank from the Nordic region to sell a green bond, issuing a Nkr1bn (Eu115m) five year deal whose proceeds are earmarked for financing renewable energy projects.

MünchenerHyp ESG covered bond first uncovers new buyers

17 September 2014

MünchenerHyp issued the first sustainable covered bond today (Wednesday), a Eu300m five year deal that tapped into growing interest in SRI bonds and which the issuer’s head of treasury and an investor who participated in the transaction said will hopefully be the first of many.

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Green/ESG CP: Pioneering steps

The expansion of green, social and sustainable or sustainability-linked formats into short term instruments has the potential to boost overall volumes and impact, and pioneers have already begun testing appetite in the commercial paper market. However, the sector’s intrinsic characteristics raise questions over how to best exploit its potential. In this special Sustainabonds report, sponsored by ABN AMRO, Neil Day explores experience to date and asks what could catalyse growth.