Finance | 20 November, 2024 at 8:16 PM
EU leads the way in green finance
The EU has emerged as a global leader in green finance, having issued over €65 billion in NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bonds since 2020.
The EU has emerged as a global leader in green finance, having issued over €65 billion in NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bonds since 2020.
Electrica's shareholders have approved the issuance of green bonds, supporting the company's strategy for energy transition and sustainable development, with a cap of up to €500 million.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has priced its largest ever green bond transaction, issuing a €1 billion 7-year benchmark.
Regarding environmental impact, the funded projects have resulted in annual savings of over 42,000 tons of CO2.
The company disclosed its proposal to shareholders to endorse a cap of €300 million for the issuance of green bonds.
The total value of the €4 billion bond issuance had a final subscription of over €14.8 billion.
The E.ON Group has announced that it is issuing green bonds of €1.5 billion, in the first days of 2024.
E.ON Group has issued green bonds of €1.5 billion, as pre-financing for 2024.
Restart Energy announced the completion of the implementation of a photovoltaic panel system worth €160,000 for the Geneza Comimpex company. The project consisted of the installation of 428 panels at the Geneza Supermarket in Târgu-Neamț, Neamț county, on an area of 1,200 sqm, with a power of 194.4 kWp.
It is still a long way to embedding ESG principles into corporate culture, operations, and decision-making processes. That was the main takeaway from a panel at CEE ESG Forum 2024 organised by Property Forum and Green Forum in Vienna last November.
FAN Courier, a leading Romanian logistics company, has allocated an investment budget of 40 million euros for 2025, including in renewable energy.
DRI, the European renewables division of Ukrainian energy company DTEK, has successfully connected its 60MW Glodeni II solar park to the Romanian grid.
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has secured a €1 billion loan from the EIB to advance the company's RDI investments across its broad portfolio of semiconductor solutions.
EIB and Societe Generale have agreed on a new initiative which has the potential to unlock investment of up to €8 billion to support wind energy manufacturers in Europe.
