Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt Awards 2025

Lead manager of the year, sustainability bonds - US muni bond; Lead manager of the year, green bonds - US muni bond: Bank of America

Bank of America can lay claim to being the leading underwriter in the US municipal sustainable bond market. In 2024 it said it executed 44 deals across all use-of-proceeds categories, totalling over $10 billion in par value.

Transactions included:

  • The largest ever green bond issuance in the market, for JFK New Terminal One.
  • An innovative transaction for Hanwha Q CELLS USA to finance investments at its solar panel manufacturing facilities in the State of Georgia.
  • An over $800 million Social Bond for the City of New York for affordable housing.
  • Fircrest Properties' inaugural transaction to finance the construction of a 120-bed, accessible nursing facility and auxiliary structures in the State of Washington for use by the Department of Social and Health Services.