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.

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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.

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