Chile and Vestas Brave Ukraine Turbulence with SLBs
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Despite ongoing turbulence in financial markets caused by the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, green bond markets have remained open. At...
NIB Green Bond Overcomes Ukraine Uncertainty
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Over the last two months, financial markets have come under strain. The Ukraine crisis has seen the DAXX and the S&P500...
Transition-Linked Bonds For Shipping
Stockholm (NordSIP) - The shipping industry is one of the most important sectors for the energy transition. On the one hand, estimates suggest the...
Electrolux Sweeps Up Green Demand
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On February 17th, Electrolux, a leading global appliance company, launched its second green bond. The transaction was worth SEK2 billion in...
Alecta Invests in Belize (Restructured) Blue Bonds
Stockholm (NordSIP) - At the end of January, Alecta announced it had invested US$75 million in a Blue Bond issued by the government of Belize....
Swedish Sub-nationals Gear Up
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following last week's DKK SSA rush, the attention of Nordic sustainable fixed income markets has turned to Swedish subnational borrowers. On...
SSAs Keep DKK Boom Alive
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following last week's inaugural green bond issuance by the Danish sovereign, green bond issuance in Danish Krona is booming. The sovereign...
Denmark Launches Inaugural Green Twin Bond
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On 19 January 2022 the Danish Government, through the Danish Central Bank (Danmarks Nationalbank), conducted an auction for its much-awaited inaugural...
A Buoyant 2022 For Sustainable Fixed Income Markets?
As expected, 2021 saw global sustainable fixed income markets reach and exceed the US$1 trillion mark in issuance. The new record was driven by...
Electrolux Signs Sustainability-Linked Credit Facility
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On December 10th, Electrolux announced it had entered into a new €1 billion multi-currency revolving credit facility agreement linked to its...
NordSIP Insights – Sustainable Fixed Income Handbook 2021
We are wrapping up another undeniably successful year for sustainable fixed income. In 2020, we marvelled at the record-breaking issuance of labelled sustainable bonds...
Buoyant Demand for Elekta’s Cancer SLB
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As the private sector races to embrace sustainability goals, climate change objectives have remained the dominant focus. However, the last two...
Loomis Launches Inaugural SLB
Stockholm (NordSIP) - To help fund its efforts to decrease its CO2 emissions footprint, Loomis AB, one of the world’s leading companies in cash and...
Posten Norge Issues First Nordic Logistics Green Bond
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Thursday, November 18, Posten Norge issued its inaugural five-year dual-tranche green bond worth NOK1 billion. The issuer is the Norwegian...
Diös Fastigheter Races Towards EU Green Bond Standard
Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following the announcement of what appears to be the first-ever EU taxonomy and the European Green Bond Standard-compliant green bond framework...
Kommuninvest Issues 14th Green Bond
Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Thursday, October 21st, Kommuninvest issued a new SEK 5 billion green bond maturing in May 2029. Â This was the 14th...
Länsförsäkringar Prolongs Sustainable Bond Market Bonanza
Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to the latest UN climate report, the transformation necessary to achieve the Paris Agreement's climate goals needs to accelerate. At...
EU Takes Over the Green Bond Market
Stockholm (NordSIP) -Following its take over of the social bonds market in the autumn of 2020, and on the heels of the recent announcement...
Swedish Investors Support Clean Aluminium
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As the world races to meet the climate goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, efforts are underway to reduce the carbon...
Sustainable and Transition Credit Investment Opportunities
Stockholm (NordSIP) - As the IPCC continues to warn against the dangers of climate change and commitments remain short of bridging the funding gap,...