Green Bond Issuance Set to Hit $100 Billion This Year

摘要

Ten years after the first "green bond" was issued by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the market reached over $80 billion in 2016 and accounted for a still modest but significant 3% of global bond transactions in the second quarter of 2017. Total green bond issuance is expected to exceed $100 billion for the first time this year. "Now it's really a mainstream product," said Tanguy Claquin, head of sustainable banking at France's Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.