Green Bonds: A Guide To Funding Development Projects
July 1, 2019
What This Guide Covers:
- How would you go about structuring a Green Bond for a developer with existing operating assets as well as development projects / projects in construction?
- What are the funding capacities for these green bonds?
- What are the main barriers to entry?
- Local or Overseas?
Last revised: March 20, 2020
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Structuring a Green Bond for a developer with existing operating assets as well as development projects / projects in construction
The term “green bond” refers to debt securities whose proceeds are used to finance investment projects with an environmental benefit.
As defined in the EU Taxonomy, COM 353 (2018)
The Green Bond Framework is a comprehensive document for investors and other market participants that describes the following points:
Source: Report on EU Green Bond Standard, EU TEG (June, 2019)
Funding capacities of Green Bonds
Debt Ratio of Green Bonds
Traditional debt methods would fund at 70% debt. Can a green bond reach this level?
Source: Green bonds – Mobilising the debt capital markets for a low-carbon transition (OECD, 2015).
The Main Barriers to Green Bond market development
Source: Report on EU Green Bond Standard, EU TEG (June, 2019)
Local or Overseas?
Source: Amundi Asset Management & International Finance Corporation (2018)
Source: Amundi Asset Management & International Finance Corporation (2018)
This guide was provided by a sustainable finance Expert with nearly 20 years of consulting experience.
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