中行巴黎分行發行15億美元“氣候債券”

Bank of China’s Paris branch priced a triple-currency “climate bond” worth $1.5bn on Thursday, the bank’s third green bond issued to international markets over the last 18 months.

週四，中國銀行(BoC)巴黎分行發行了覆蓋三個幣種的“氣候債券”，總規模爲15億美元。這是該行在過去18個月內第三次面向國際市場發行綠色債券。

Chinese corporations and financial institutions are the world’s top issuers of green bonds, which are debt instruments devoted to financing environmental projects. The proceeds of Thursday’s sale will be used to finance wind power projects in France and Britain as well as 15 subway projects in China, according to BoC. The deal is certified by the Climate Bond Initiative, a London-based advocacy group that sets standards for green finance.

中國的企業和金融機構是世界上發行綠色債券最多的。綠色債券是專門用於資助環保項目的債務工具。中國銀行表示，週四發行募集的資金將用於對接法國和英國的風電項目、以及中國的15個地鐵項目。這次發行得到了氣候債券倡議組織(Climate Bond Initiative,CBI)的認證。CBI是倫敦一家制定綠色金融標準的倡導團體。