SLIDE 1 Green Bond Treasurer Survey
24th April 2020 Prepared by the Climate Bonds Initiative, with analysis support from Henley Business School. Sponsored by Luxembourg Green Exchange and Danske Bank. A conversation between Caroline Harrison (Climate Bonds), Carlo Houblie (LGX), Lars Mac Key (Danske Bank) and Lea Muething (Climate Bonds). Moderated by Manuel Adamini (CBI).
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- Designed to highlight the benefits and challenges of issuing green bonds with the
intention of encouraging more green bond issuers to come to the market
- The 2019 Climate Bonds Green Bonds European investor survey confirmed a shortage of
green bonds in all areas
- Includes views of 86 treasurers, from 34 countries of economic risk, including EM & DM
About the survey
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The Board is the key decision maker
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Motivations for issuing green bonds
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Evolution of the market has encouraged more issuance
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Costs of funding a green bond not an issue
Thoughts on additional issue costs Comparison of the cost of funding green with vanilla bonds?
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Green bonds help issuers capture new investors
Most investors said green bonds attracted new investors… …and identified multiple benefits as a result
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Benefits of listing green bonds on green segments
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Demand was higher compared to vanilla bonds Most said they planned to issue more green bonds
Other benefits of issuing green bonds
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Most planned to issue green bonds at least once a year
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Respondents all preferred standardisation
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Sources of support for issuing green bonds
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Recent issuers got the deal done in less time
SLIDE 14 Climate Bonds Initiative: not-for-profit mobilising climate finance
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