Bank of China’s Paris branch priced a triple-currency “climate bond” worth $1.5bn on Thursday, the bank’s third green bond issued to international markets over the last 18 months.
周四，中国银行(BoC)巴黎分行发行了覆盖三个币种的“气候债券”，总规模为15亿美元。这是该行在过去18个月内第三次面向国际市场发行绿色债券。
Chinese corporations and financial institutions are the world’s top issuers of green bonds, which are debt instruments devoted to financing environmental projects. The proceeds of Thursday’s sale will be used to finance wind power projects in France and Britain as well as 15 subway projects in China, according to BoC. The deal is certified by the Climate Bond Initiative, a London-based advocacy group that sets standards for green finance.
中国的企业和金融机构是世界上发行绿色债券最多的。绿色债券是专门用于资助环保项目的债务工具。中国银行表示，周四发行募集的资金将用于对接法国和英国的风电项目、以及中国的15个地铁项目。这次发行得到了气候债券倡议组织(Climate Bond Initiative,CBI)的认证。CBI是伦敦一家制定绿色金融标准的倡导团体。