Canadian Solar has won Environmental Finance’s Project Bond of the Year award for its innovative dual-tenor green project bond issuance in Japan. Environmental Finance, an industry leading global publication, recognised best practices and issues that were significant in the development of the green bond sector at its Green Bond Awards 2018. In total, 32 awards have been given out worldwide. Other than Canadian Solar, winners also include Barclays, Republic of France, City of Paris and City of Cape Town.
The world’s first dual-tenor bond served as the financing vehicle for Canadian Solar’s 19MW Gunma Aramaki Solar Power Plant when it was issued in April 2017. Canadian Solar paved the way for this pioneering structure by combining maturity of 1.5 &18.7 years within a single-tranche of bond.
Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman & CEO, said, “We are honoured to receive the Project Bond of the Year Award and to be recognised for delivering world-class global innovation to finance solar investments.”
