Season 2.0 - Special Green Finance and Real Estate Since the Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21, the financial community has come together and taken major steps towards tackling climate change, such as during the One Planet Summit in December 2017.

Among the financial tools available to boost the transition towards a low carbon economy, green bonds are expected to help accelerate this shift, especially in the field of sustainable buildings and cities.

The building industry being one of the highest carbon emitters (23% of the global emissions in France, according to ADEME), this is great news and promises huge potential.

What is a green bond?

Green bonds are not different from regular bonds in the way they work. Both types of investment securities offer a predictable return to investors in (...)

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