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New York MTA returns with 11th green bond, SNCF Reseau goes long with 100-year green bond and more

After pausing for breath in 2018, the market for green, social and sustainability bonds surged again in the first quarter of this year.

European issuers, investors and regulators are in the driving seat as the green bond market prepares for further growth, says Graham Cooper.

Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica has made its debut in the green bond market, raising €1 billion in a five-year deal. It claims this is the first bond from an issuer in the telecoms sector.

A group of Europe’s largest corporate issuers of green and sustainable bonds has created a forum to help ‘put business at the forefront’ of the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards have grown for the second consecutive year, as the number of categories expands in line with a rapidly expanding market.

A group of Europe's largest industrial issuers of green bonds have made a formal pledge to promote the future growth of the market.

SNCF Reseau, the national society of French railways, has issued its third green bond, raising €750 million ($856 million).

A record breaking $25 billion of green bonds were issued in the first quarter of 2017, thanks in part to the mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) sovereign green bond from France.

French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.