The Aspö Ekologi ecological residential district in Skövde municipality is financed by Green loans
The Aspö Ekologi ecological residential district in Skövde municipality is financed by Green loans

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Kommuninvest announces plans for new Green Bond

Kommuninvest has today announced plans to issue a new green bond, the fifth to date and the third in Swedish kronor. Nordea, SEB and Swedbank have been appointed lead managers for the transaction. The transaction can be expected in the near future, market conditions permitting.

Under its Green Bonds framework, Kommuninvest finances Swedish municipal investment projects in eight areas, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, green buildings, public transport, water management and waste management.

As of 9 October 2018, Kommuninvest's portfolio of Green loans amounted to a total of 209 projects in 98 municipalities and county councils/regions. In total, SEK 35.2 billion had been committed, of which SEK 22.8 billion had been disbursed.

Kommuninvest finances the Green loans through Green Bonds issuance. To date, Kommuninvest has issued a total of SEK 17.5 billion in four transactions, making Kommuninvest Sweden's largest green bond issuer.

Kommuninvest’s role as an aggregator and conduit issuer for cost-efficient funding of public sector investments has been recognized by the United Nations, which awarded Kommuninvest its United Nations ‘Momentum for Change’ Climate Solutions Award, in connection with the COP23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany, in 2017.

For further information

Tobias Landström, Deputy Head of Debt Management, tel: +46 705 86 78 51, e-mail: tobias.landstrom@kommuninvest.se

Björn Bergstrand, Head of Sustainability, tel +46 708 86 94 76, e-mail: bjorn.bergstrand@kommuninvest.se

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Kommuninvest is a municipal cooperation for efficient and sustainable financing of housing, infrastructure, schools, hospitals etc. Together, we get better loan terms than each one individually. Since its inception in 1986, the Kommuninvest collaboration has helped lower the local government sector’s borrowing costs by many billion kronor. Currently, 288 municipalities and county councils/regions are members of this voluntary cooperation, out of a total of 310 Swedish local governments. With total assets of around SEK 430 billion (USD ~47 billion), Kommuninvest is the largest lender to the local government sector and the sixth largest credit institution in Sweden. The head office is located in Örebro.

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Kommuninvest is a municipal cooperation for efficient and sustainable financing of housing, infrastructure, schools, hospitals etc. Together we get better loan terms than each one individually. Since the start in 1986, the Kommuninvest collaboration has helped reduce the local government sector’s borrowing costs by many billion SEK. Currently, 294 municipalities and regions are members of this voluntary cooperation. With a balance sheet total of more than SEK 600 billion (USD ~55 billion), Kommuninvest is the largest lender to the local government sector and one of the ten largest credit institutions in Sweden. The head office is located in Örebro.

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