Green Bond Fact Sheet

This fact sheet details a EUR 1.75 billion green bond issuance by Société du Grand Paris on October 22, 2018, to fund the expansion of the public transport network in the Paris Metropolitan Area.

• Société du Grand Paris issued an unsecured green Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) totaling EUR 1.75 billion (USD 2.01 billion) with a 10-year tenor and a maturity date of October 22, 2028.
• The proceeds from the bond are designated for the Grand Paris Express project, specifically to fund the construction of 68 stations, 7 technical centres, and nearly 200km of new automatic metro lines to supplement the existing 400km of lines in the Ile-de-France region.
• The issuance was certified under the Low Carbon Transport standard, with Sustainalytics providing the second party opinion and acting as the certification verifier.
• The bond saw strong demand with orderbooks exceeding EUR 3.6 billion. Investor participation was led by France (49%), followed by the Netherlands (14%) and the Nordics (14%), with the largest investor types being Insurance and Pension Funds at 45%.

APA

Climate Bonds Initiative (2018). Green Bond Fact Sheet. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2018-10%20FR%20Societe%20du%20Grand%20Paris.pdf

Chicago

Climate Bonds Initiative. Green Bond Fact Sheet. 2018. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2018-10%20FR%20Societe%20du%20Grand%20Paris.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 = oct, url = {https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2018-10%20FR%20Societe%20du%20Grand%20Paris.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }