{"id":20681,"date":"2026-05-26T18:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/?p=20681"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:27:18","slug":"first-tranche-of-cez-green-bonds-for-18-billion-crowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/first-tranche-of-cez-green-bonds-for-18-billion-crowns\/","title":{"rendered":"First Tranche of \u010cEZ Green Bonds for 18 Billion Crowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 19 May 2026,<strong> \u010cEZ, a. s.<\/strong> reinforced its focus on <strong>sustainability<\/strong> and <strong>responsible financing<\/strong> through the issuance of its <strong>first green bonds<\/strong>, totaling <strong>EUR 750 million<\/strong>. The bonds, carrying a <strong>4.375% coupon and maturing in 2034<\/strong>, were launched in line with the company\u2019s Sustainable Financing Framework and the European Green Bond Factsheet. The issuance was supported by a strong syndicate of banks including Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Erste Group, HSBC, among others. Deutsche Bank also acted as the Sustainability Structuring Coordinator, ensuring alignment with green finance standards.<\/p>\n<p>The full wording of the factsheet is available at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cez.cz\/webpublic\/file\/edee\/2026\/04\/programmatic-eugb-factsheet-cez-group-april-2-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction is executed under the existing <strong>EMTN programme<\/strong>, with the expected issue date set for <strong>27 May 2026<\/strong>. The proceeds will be allocated to <strong>long-term assets and eligible green projects<\/strong>, <strong>fully aligned with the framework criteria. <\/strong>Importantly, The company confirms that funds will not be used for fossil fuel-related assets or projects, underlining its transition towards a low-carbon portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 19 May 2026, \u010cEZ, a. s. reinforced its focus on sustainability and responsible financing through the issuance of its first green bonds, &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/first-tranche-of-cez-green-bonds-for-18-billion-crowns\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>\u010c\u00edst v\u00edce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","iawp_total_views":0},"categories":[577],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20682,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20681\/revisions\/20682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}