Green Bond Fact Sheet

A fact sheet detailing a EUR360m (USD398m) green bond issued by Akiem Group SAS on September 5, 2019, to finance or refinance electric-powered rolling stock.

• Akiem Group SAS issued a private placement green bond on September 5, 2019, with a total amount of EUR360m (USD398m) and tenors of 10 and 15 years, maturing in 2029 and 2034 respectively.
• The bond is certified under the Climate Bonds Standard v2.1, specifically meeting sector-specific criteria for Low Carbon Transport. Sustainalytics served as the certification verifier for the pre-issuance verification.
• Proceeds from the bond are designated to finance or refinance the issuer's fleet of electric-powered rolling stock, specifically targeting passenger trains and freight rolling stock.
• Akiem Group SAS is a train locomotive lessor based in Paris and Düsseldorf with a fleet of 440 locomotives. The company is owned equally (50% each) by Eurotraction (a subsidiary of the DWS private equity fund) and Transport Logistique Partenaire (an SNCF company).
• Akiem Group SAS is the second train leasing company to issue a Certified Climate Bond, following Alpha Trains, which issued a EUR250m (USD264m) bond in December 2016.

APA

Climate Bonds Initiative (2019). Green Bond Fact Sheet. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2019-09%20FR%20Akiem%20Group%20SAS.pdf

Chicago

Climate Bonds Initiative. Green Bond Fact Sheet. 2019. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2019-09%20FR%20Akiem%20Group%20SAS.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatebondsinitiative2019green, author = {{Climate Bonds Initiative}}, title = {{Green Bond Fact Sheet}}, institution = {Climate Bonds Initiative}, year = {2019}, month = sep, url = {https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/2019-09%20FR%20Akiem%20Group%20SAS.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }