Europe’s greenest utilities are well positioned to issue debt with the European green bond label

IEEFA notes that Statkraft, Ørsted, Iberdrola and EDP already have a proven track record of issuing green bonds; the adoption of EUGBS could show even more credibility and coherence with their renewable energy strategies.

Europe’s largest electricity companies should consider issuing green bonds in line with the upcoming European Green Bond Standard (EUGBS), thus showing lower transition risk and becoming more attractive to investors.

New research from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) finds that some of Europe’s greenest power companies should be able to easily improve their bond reporting capacity to follow EUGBS rules.

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