Full steam ahead for French rail network modernisation following SNCF's first green bond

Michael Holder
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World's first railway infrastructure green bond priced at €900m, as Dutch firm announces all its electric trains will run on wind energy by 2017

French state-owned railway infrastructure giant SNCF Réseau has successfully issued its first green bond, becoming the first transportation company in Europe to do so. Successfully priced last week...

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