Green bonds: value of bonds underwritten by selected European banks 2019
highest value of green bonds was issued in France, almost twice as much as the runner-up, Germany.
Green bonds are fixed income securities which finance investments with environmental or climate-related benefits. In 2019, Credit Agricole, HSBC and BNP Paribas were the European bank leaders in green bond underwriting, with approximately 31 billion U.S. dollars in green bonds underwritten. In Europe, the