As in previous years, the Awards are not decided by GlobalCapital staff, but by a poll of market participants. Investors, issuers, investment banks and other players have chosen the following organisations and people as outstanding during the year 2018-19, for their contributions to the green, social and sustainability finance markets.
The Awards ceremony where the winners will be revealed will take place at the close of GlobalCapital's Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets conference, on September 17 in Amsterdam.
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DEALS OF THE YEAR
Most Innovative Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
Caisse Française de Financement Local (Caffil)
€1bn 0.5% eight year debut social covered bond, issued February 2019
BayernLB, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, ING, Société Générale (bookrunners)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
Kingdom of the Netherlands
€5.99bn 0.5% 20.6 year debut green bond, issued May 2019
ABN Amro (structuring adviser), Crédit Agricole (independent green consultant), HSBC and Nordea (advisers)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
Koninklijke Philips
€750m 0.5% seven year debut green and sustainability innovation bond, issued May 2019
Rabobank (sustainability structuring adviser), BNP Paribas, HSBC, ING, MUFG (active bookrunners)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
Telefónica
€1bn 1.07% five year debut green bond, issued January 2019
BBVA, Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Santander (bookrunners)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
Latin American Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
Republic of Chile
$1.42bn 3.5% 30.6 year debut green bond, issued June 2019
BNP Paribas, Citigroup, HSBC (bookrunners)
Vigeo Eiris (second party opinion)
Republic of Chile
€861m 0.83% 12 year green bond, issued June 2019
Crédit Agricole, JP Morgan, Société Générale (bookrunners)
Vigeo Eiris (second party opinion)
North American Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
Avangrid
$750m 3.8% 10 year green bond, issued May 2019
Crédit Agricole (green structuring agent), Citigroup, MUFG, Wells Fargo, BBVA, Deutsche Bank, NatWest Markets, TD Securities (bookrunners)
Vigeo Eiris (second party opinion)
Starbucks
$1bn 4.45% 30.3 year sustainability bond, issued May 2019
Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, US Bancorp, Wells Fargo, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (bookrunners)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
Verizon Communications
$1bn 3.875% 10 year debut green bond, issued February 2019
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (green structuring agent), Goldman Sachs (bookrunners)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
World Bank
€1.5bn 0.25% 10 year sustainable development bond, issued May 2019
Barclays, JP Morgan, Natixis, TD Securities (bookrunners)
EMEA Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
Instituto de Crédito Oficial
€500m 0.2% 4.8 year debut green bond, issued April 2019
BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, ING, Santander (bookrunners)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
KfW Bankengruppe
€3bn 0.01% eight year green bond, issued May 2019
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole, UniCredit (bookrunners)
State of North Rhine-Westphalia
€2.25bn 1.1% 15 year sustainability bond, issued March 2019
Deka Bank, DZ Bank, HSBC, ING, Nomura, Société Générale (bookrunners)
ISS-Oekom (second party opinion)
Telefónica
€1bn 1.07% five year debut green bond, issued January 2019
BBVA, Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Santander (bookrunners)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
Asia Pacific Green/SRI Bond Deal of the Year
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
$1bn 2.5% five year debut green bond, issued May 2019
Crédit Agricole, HSBC (structuring agents, bookrunners)
Vigeo Eiris (second party opinion)
Republic of Korea
$500m 2% five year debut green and sustainability bond, issued June 2019
Crédit Agricole (structuring agent), Citigroup, HSBC, JP Morgan (bookrunners)
Sustainalytics (second party opinion)
Westpac Securities NZ
€500m 0.3% five year debut green bond, issued June 2019
DZ Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, Westpac (bookrunners)
DNV GL (second party opinion)
Green/SRI Loan of the Year
Carrefour
€3.9bn corporate social responsibility-linked five year club revolving credit facilities, signed June 2019
Société Générale (coordinator)
BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel-CIC, HSBC, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, Natixis, Santander, UniCredit (bookrunners)
Electricité de France
€4bn sustainability KPI-linked five year syndicated loan, signed December 2018
Crédit Agricole (coordinator, facility agent), ING, Natixis (sustainability coordinators)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, Mizuho Bank, MUFG, NatWest Markets, Société Générale, Santander, UniCredit (bookrunners)
Nokia
€1.5bn sustainability-linked loan, signed June 2019
Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, Nordea (coordinators)
ANZ, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of China, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, OP Corporate Bank, Santander, SEB, Standard Chartered, UniCredit (bookrunners)
Sydney Airport
A$1.4bn three, four and five year debut sustainability-linked syndicated loans, signed May 2019
ANZ, BNP Paribas (sustainability coordinators and bookrunners)
ISSUERS
Overall Most Impressive Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Berlin Hyp
European Investment Bank
KfW
Société du Grand Paris
Most Impressive Social or Sustainability Bond Issuer
Caisse Française de Financement Local (Caffil)
Deutsche Kreditbank
NWB Bank
State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Most Impressive Green/SRI Loan Borrower
Carrefour
Electricité de France
Sydney Airport
Most Impressive Green/SRI Bond Funding Official
Eila Kreivi, European Investment Bank
Isabelle Laurent, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Aldo Romani, European Investment Bank
Bodo Winkler, Berlin Hyp
Most Impressive Supranational Green/SRI Bond Issuer
African Development Bank
European Investment Bank
International Finance Corp
World Bank
Most Impressive Government or Government Agency Green/SRI Bond Issuer
France
KfW
The Netherlands
Société du Grand Paris
Most Impressive Local Government Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Community of Madrid
New South Wales Treasury Corp
State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Walloon Region
Most Impressive Bank Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Berlin Hyp
ING
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Most Impressive Corporate Green/SRI Debt Issuer
Engie
Iberdrola
Sydney Airport
Most Impressive Green/SRI Covered Bond Issuer
Berlin Hyp
Caisse Française de Financement Local (Caffil)
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Most Impressive Green/SRI ABS Issuer
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Obvion
Best-Designed Green/SRI Debt Framework
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
KfW
Société du Grand Paris
Best Green/SRI Issuer for Post-Deal or Impact Reporting
Berlin Hyp
International Finance Corp
KfW
INVESTMENT BANKS
Overall Most Impressive Investment Bank for Green/SRI Capital Markets
BNP Paribas
Crédit Agricole CIB
HSBC
ING
Most Impressive Investment Bank for Green/SRI Loans
BNP Paribas
Crédit Agricole CIB
ING
Most Impressive Green/SRI Investment Banker
Marilyn Ceci, JP Morgan
Tanguy Claquin, Crédit Agricole CIB
Christopher Flensborg, SEB
Most Impressive Investment Bank for Americas Green/SRI Capital Markets
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Citigroup
HSBC
JP Morgan
Most Impressive Investment Bank for EMEA Green/SRI Capital Markets
Crédit Agricole CIB
HSBC
ING
SEB
Most Impressive Investment Bank for Asia Pacific Green/SRI Capital Markets
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Crédit Agricole CIB
HSBC
Nomura
INVESTORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
Most Impressive Green/SRI Investment Firm
Actiam
Affirmative Investment Management
Amundi
Axa Investment Managers
BlackRock
Most Impressive Green/SRI Investor
Alban de Faÿ, Amundi
Johanna Köb, Zurich Insurance
Ashley Schulten, BlackRock
Most Impressive Second Opinion Provider or Rating Agency
Cicero
ISS-Oekom
Sustainalytics
Vigeo Eiris
Most Impressive Environmental Impact Consultant
Carbone 4
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Best Green/SRI Law Firm
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
White & Case
GENERAL AWARDS
Most Influential Champion of the Market
Tanguy Claquin, Crédit Agricole
Christopher Flensborg, SEB
Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative
Aldo Romani, European Investment Bank
Most Valuable Innovation for the Green Finance Market
Axa Investment Managers’ guidelines for transition bonds
EU Green Bond Standard
EU Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities
Most Valuable Innovation for the Social and Sustainability Finance Market
EU Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities
Social Bond Principles’ guidance on Working Towards a Harmonised Framework for Impact Reporting for Social Bonds
Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles from the LMA, APLMA and LSTA