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Green bond round-up, 11 July 2018

AccorHotels signs €1.2bn sustainability-linked loan

A consortium of 15 banks has signed a deal with AccorHotels to link the interest rate on a €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) loan to the hospitality company’s sustainability performance.

France plans new tap of green OAT this week

The French government is preparing to tap its green sovereign bond for the fourth time.

Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018

DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.

Green bond round-up, 6 June 2018

The Bank of China (BoC) has issued one green and one sustainability bond at the same time, marking the first dual issuance of this sort.

Green bond round-up, 25 April

More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

Tideway completes £150m green private placement

London 'super sewer' developer Tideway has issued its third green bond, a £150 million ($214 million) private placement with an unnamed insurer.

First green-certified commercial real estate loan to build Paris towers

A commercial real estate loan that will help build hotel and office space in Paris has become the first to be certified as green and provide an accompanying external second party opinion.

Thames Tideway 'super sewer' issues £450m green bonds

£450 million ($599 million) worth of green issues from London 'super sewer' developer Tideway has helped it overtake Unilever as the largest corporate issuer of sterling-denominated green bonds.

Green bond round-up, 11 October 2017

Fiji looking at green bonds, says economy minister Fiji is considering using green bonds to help boost the country's renewable energy resources, according to a senior minister quoted in the local press.