Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane on its €700m green bond. FS Italiane became the first corporate issuer to finance freight transport rolling stock via green bonds and first Italian issuer to obtain CBI certification.
Cassa depositi e prestiti (Cdp) on the issue of the first Italian Sustainability Bond in an amount of €500m. The proceeds will allow Cdp to fund projects with both environmental and social impacts.
EDF on its €1.75bn of green bond issue to finance future renewable energy projects led by EDF Energies Nouvelles. We also advised EDF on its market first precedent-setting €1.4bn green bond issue in 2013.
The Carbon Trust on the establishment of their Green bond and Climate bond third-party verification business.
IFC on a US$35m green loan to support and incentivise the issuance of a green bond by Davivienda Costa Rica. The loan will contribute to a pipeline of green projects in Costa Rica.
LeapFrog Investments on the formation, fundraising, and maintenance of a US$400m Profit with Purpose fund domiciled in Mauritius and established to invest in insurance companies in Africa and Southeast Asia.
A Double-Bottom Line private equity fund on the formation, fundraising, and maintenance of a U.S. domiciled fund established to make impact investments in Latin America, including securing an investment from OPIC.
Bayerische Landesbank as arranger on the world's first placement of a Blue Social Bond of Deutsche Kreditbank Aktiengesellschaft (DKB). It will serve the refinancing of the municipal water supply and sanitation.
