Climate Awareness Bond issue in Japan

The Bank will issue new ‘Climate Awareness Bonds' in Japan for around EUR 300m equivalent, via two tranches denominated in Australian dollars and South African rand.

The arranger is Daiwa Securities Group. A special feature of such bonds is that proceeds are dedicated to lending projects in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Prior to this issue the Bank has issued Climate Awareness Bonds for a total of around EUR 1bn, beginning in 2007.

30 June 2017

EIB highlights 10th anniversary of the EIB issuing the world’s first green bond and confirms new green bond tree planting scheme

Ten years after issuing the world’s first green bonds, the European Investment Bank, today highlighted the unique contribution of green bonds to accelerating private sector funding for climate related investment. Speaking at gathering of institutional investors, asset managers and financial institutions hosted by Commerzbank in Berlin, to mark the tenth anniversary of EIB’s issuance of the world’s first green bonds, the EIB’s Vice President responsible for climate and the environment confirmed commitment to support capital market support for climate investment in the years ahead.

6 September 2018

EIB issues first Sustainability Awareness Bond

The EIB today issued its first Sustainability Awareness Bond. The EUR 500 million transaction represents the first EIB funding intended to directly support sustainable finance and builds on the EIB’s pioneering role unlocking investment through green bonds.

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Green gold: How the EIB and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange raise the money that keeps climate change at bay

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