GREEN AND SOCIAL BONDS
Borsa Italiana, as a leading international markets infrastructure provider and as a facilitator of the dialogue between issuers, sell side and investors, is ideally placed to help promote good practice across the industry.
Within the field of its mission, it has joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, backed by the United Nations, with the aim of supporting the transition to a low environmental impact economy. Moreover, it adheres to the Climate Bonds Initiative and is compliant with the ICMA's Green Bonds Principles, Social Bond Principles and Sustainability Bond Guidelines. The London Stock Exchange Group is also one of the signatories of the Paris Pledge for Action.
In the last years LSEG has carried on its mission in two different ways:
- on one side, promoting the Guidance for issuers to assist them on integrating ESG principles into investor reporting and communication, increasingly crucial factors for institutional and retail investors to be considered in their decision making;
- on the other hand, providing investors the following tools to enable them to identify, analysis and incorporate climate and sustainability considerations into their investment process:
a. information services - including indices and analytics;
b. dedicated segments for ESG instruments;
c. the list of green and/or social bonds listed on MOT and ExtraMOT markets.
In relations to this particular initiative, starting from March 2017, Borsa Italiana has decided to offer institutional and retail investors the possibility of clearly identify a list of instruments whose proceeds are destined to financing projects which benefit or impact environmental ("Green Bonds") and/or social ("Social Bonds") projects.
These sustainable bonds will be certified by an independent third party entity and the use of proceeds will need to be readily available and renewed at least annually.
Borsa Italiana is also conscious of the importance of so called “Climate-aligned” bonds, issued by companies belonging to such sectors supporting the transition to a low environmental impact economy. Although these instruments are not listed as “Green and/or Social Bonds”, the sector designation can nonetheless be identified through the ExtraMOT PRO search engine.
MARKET NEWS
- Starting from June, 26th the first Transition Bond issued by Snam S.p.A. will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from April, 27th the first Covid Social Response Bond issued by CDP will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from December, 19th the first Green bonds completely distributed through the MOT platform and issued by Alerion Clean Power S.p.A.will be listed on MOT
- Starting from December, 18th 2019 the first Climate Action Bonds issued by Snam S.p.A. will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from October, 17th 2019 3 new SDG Linked Bonds issued by Enel Finance International N.V. and guaranteed by Enel S.p.A. will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from October, 14th 2019 "IREN GREEN BOND TF 0,875% OT29 CALL EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from July, 5th 2019 "HERA GREEN BOND TF 0,875% LG27 CALL EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- 2 July 2019 - Borsa Italiana hosts the 3rd Italian Sustainability Day
- Starting from March, 28th 2019 "CDP SOCIAL BOND TF 2,125% MZ26 EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from January, 21st 2019 "ENEL FINAN GREEN TF 1,5% LG25 CALL EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- CDPs Social Bond Report 2018
- Starting from October, 1st 2018 "CDP SUSTAINABLE TF 2,125% ST23 EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from September, 19th 2018 "IREN GREEN BOND TF 1,95% ST25 CALL EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- 2 July 2018 - Borsa Italiana hosts the 2nd Italian Sustainability Day
- Starting from January, 16th 2018 "ENEL FINAN GREEN TF 1,125% ST26 CALL EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from November, 28th 2017 "CDP SOCIAL BOND TF 0,75% NV22 EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from October, 24th 2017 "IREN GREEN BOND TF 1,5% OT27 CALL EUR" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO
- Starting from October, 25th 2017 the new International Finance Corporation Green Bonds will be listed on EuroMOT
- 10 July 2017 - Borsa Italiana hosts the 1st Italian Sustainability Day
- Starting from April, 20th 2017 “Hera S.p.A. TF 2,375 2014-2024” will be included in the green segment
- Starting from March, 13th 2017 "ENEL 2017-2024" will be listed on ExtraMOT PRO