Green Bond Fact Sheet

A fact sheet detailing a JPY 24.5 billion green bond issued by the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) on February 27, 2018, to finance urban rail development in Japan.

• The Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) issued a green bond on February 27, 2018, for JPY 24.5 billion (USD 228.3 million) with a 20-year tenor maturing on February 26, 2038.
• The bond proceeds are designated for the "Enhancement of Convenience of Urban Railways" project involving the Eastern Kangawa Lines, which will connect the central part of the Kangawa Prefecture and western Yokohama City to the Tokyo metropolitan area.
• The Eastern Kangawa Lines project is projected to achieve annual emission reductions of approximately 1,800 tons of CO2 and 18 tons of NOx.
• JRTT is the first issuer of a Japanese green bond from the public transport sector. This issuance followed a debut JPY 20 billion (USD 176 million) green bond in November 2017.
• The bond was included in the Climate Bonds Initiative database after the lead underwriter, Mizuho, provided documentation confirming compliance with the Climate Bonds Taxonomy.

APA

Climate Bonds Initiative (2018). Green Bond Fact Sheet. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2018-02%20JP%20Japan%20Railway%20Construction%2C%20Transport%20and%20Technology%20Agency.pdf

Chicago

Climate Bonds Initiative. Green Bond Fact Sheet. 2018. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2018-02%20JP%20Japan%20Railway%20Construction%2C%20Transport%20and%20Technology%20Agency.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatebondsinitiative2018green, author = {{Climate Bonds Initiative}}, title = {{Green Bond Fact Sheet}}, institution = {Climate Bonds Initiative}, year = {2018}, month = jun, url = {https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2018-02%20JP%20Japan%20Railway%20Construction%2C%20Transport%20and%20Technology%20Agency.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }