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• France boosts 2025 green bond issuance plan to €15bn

  14 March 2025

  France has boosted its planned green bond issuance to up to €15 billion ($16 billion) after the government finally approved its budget for the year.

• France launches 'provisional' €11bn green bond issuance plan for 2025

  31 January 2025

  France is planning to issue up to €11 billion ($11.5 billion) of green bonds in 2025, but said this provisional figure could be "revised upwards" when the government successfully passes its delayed 2025 budget.

• France to update green bond framework for first time in 2025

  20 December 2024

  France is planning to update its sovereign green bond framework in the first half of 2025, which would represent the first framework update from the long-standing sovereign issuer since it launched its programme in 2017.

• France launches €15bn green bond issuance plan

  15 January 2024

  France will issue a new 25-year green bond in "coming days", as it kicks off a potential €15 billion ($16.4 billion) issuance programme for 2024, according to the country's treasury department.

• France plans €11bn green bond issuance in 2023

  25 January 2023

  France is preparing to raise €11 billion ($12 billion) from sovereign green bonds in 2023, representing a €1 billion boost to the 2022 total from the major issuer

• France's 'perfectly timed' inflation-linked green bond debut

  30 May 2022

  With a longstanding reputation as a prolific green bond issuer and innovator, France welcomed the strong demand for its 'perfectly timed' green 'linker' debut. Ahren Lester reports

• France launches landmark inflation-linked green bond

  25 May 2022

  Prolific green bond issuer France has launched its first inflation-linked green bond, which is believed to be the first instrument of its type.

• France considers landmark inflation-linked green bond in 2022

  13 December 2021

  France is considering issuing what is believed to be the first inflation-linked green bond in the world, as the prolific green bond issuer continues to innovate in the market.

• ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference: Day one round up

  12 November 2020

  The annual conference is being held virtually this year and attracted over 600 delegates on its first day

• Agence France Trésor: EU taxonomy a 'powerful tool' but challenges remain

  12 November 2020

  ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference: The EU's taxonomy of sustainable activities is a "powerful tool" for impact reporting, but the data is not always there to enable reporting in alignment with it, attendees of Environmental Finance's virtual conference heard.