Even before the bloc approved the European Union s gold standard rules for green bonds are starting to be used by the market.
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The Rising Pacific forces a native village to move. The new green financing framework of the Swedish property company Dios Fastigheter AB will be presented to investors on Wednesday, which is aligned with the EU's proposed green bond standard. Svenska Handelsbanken AB, which advised Dios, believes it is the first to adapt to the bloc s regulations.
The bloc s voluntary standard, published in July, requires issuers to abide by an array of rules if they wish to call their debt European green bonds The EU s parliament and member states have yet to sign off on it, with Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn saying it won t be ready for another year or two.
The fact sheet required by the EU standard set out its funding goals and environmental objectives. It needs to be reviewed by an external party registered with the European Securities and Markets Authority, which Dios may seek later, though the mechanism for accreditation is not yet in place.
They are able to issue normal green debt today but with a very strong option on those bonds to become European green bonds at some point in the future, said Tobias Lindbergh, Handelsbanken's sustainable finance head for debt capital markets. There are major changes to the structure to make that possible and well over 100 changes throughout the framework. Global green bond sales have doubled this year to $478 billion, with debuts in Europe from Italy, the U.K. and the EU itself, though borrowers have using a cornucopia of national and voluntary market standards.
The International Capital Market Association only has a volunteer recommendation for reviews. The EU s rules require mandatory impact reporting and an external review by an accredited verifier. The proceeds must go to environmentally-friendly projects that are in line with its taxonomy for what counts as sustainable investment.
The bond standard is part of a wideer array of EU initiatives to help prevent greenwashing, with companies needing to know how their activities align with the EU s taxonomy in coming years.
Lindbergh said the clients he spoke to about taking the EU bond standard as an opportunity to start working on taxonomy-alignment in preparation for company- level reporting. Some market participants expect a pricing advantage for European green bonds.
One year from now, I think if you ask an investor if they prefer a European green bond, a normal green bond or a plain vanilla bond, there will be a hierarchy where European green bonds come out on top, he said. When the taxonomy-alignment is disclosed, the market should begin to ramp up more quickly. The Chairman who went to war with his family to get back the Company
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