Green Bond Securitization: One Compartment Per Sustainable Project.

Green bond securitization funds identified sustainable projects through notes issued from ring-fenced compartments. MTCM structures each project in its own compartment of one of its six Luxembourg SPVs, with its own ISIN, so a single programme can fund several projects without any of them being exposed to the others.

Funding sustainable projects one by one is slow, and funding them together blurs which project an investor is actually backing. MTCM builds the programme so that every project has a ring-fenced compartment to itself, with an ISIN and terms of its own. New projects are added as new compartments under the same programme documentation, rather than requiring a new structure each time. Each compartment is bankruptcy remote and off-balance sheet, so a difficulty in one project stays inside the compartment that funds it. GSK Stockmann advises the platform on legal matters. Audit duties sit with PwC and Atwell.

Own ISIN

Held in custody, transferred or listed like any other security.

Ring-fenced

Segregated by law from every other transaction on the platform.

Bankruptcy remote

Protection runs in both directions.

Off-balance sheet

The exposure leaves the originator’s balance sheet.

What Can Be Structured?

Solar Generation

Photovoltaic plants at development, construction or operating stage.

Wind Generation

Onshore and offshore wind projects with contracted or merchant output.

Hydroelectric Projects

Small and large-scale hydro assets with long operating lives.

Geothermal Projects

Exploration and development of geothermal generation capacity.

Bioenergy and Biofuel

Biomass and biofuel facilities converting organic inputs into energy.

Energy Storage

Battery and other storage systems supporting grid reliability.

Grid and Transmission

Smart grid and transmission infrastructure enabling renewable integration.

Energy Efficiency Retrofits

Building and industrial efficiency programmes with measurable savings.

Clean Transport Infrastructure

Charging networks and low-emission transport assets.

Water and Circular Economy

Water treatment, recycling and resource recovery facilities.

Frequently Asked Questions.

What is green bond securitization?

Green bond securitization funds identified sustainable projects through notes issued from ring-fenced compartments of a Luxembourg SPV. Each project sits in its own compartment with its own ISIN, so one programme can fund several projects without any of them being exposed to the others.

The programme documentation is drafted once and sets the common terms. Each project then opens as its own compartment under that documentation, with its own final terms and ISIN. Adding a project means opening a compartment, not building a new structure.

No. A fund gathers capital and issues units under a discretionary mandate. This is a securitization programme: each compartment holds an identified project and issues notes under the Luxembourg Securitization Law of 22 March 2004. There is no blind commitment and no discretionary manager.

Nothing crosses between compartments. Each compartment is ring-fenced by law, so a difficulty in one project affects the noteholders of that compartment and no others.

Yes. The compartment is Luxembourg-based; the project does not have to be. What matters is that the project can be identified, that the eligibility criteria are met, and that the arrangements are workable under the relevant local law.

The eligibility criteria are set when the programme is documented, and independent verification is carried out by the party appointed for that purpose. MTCM structures and administers the compartment; it does not certify the project’s sustainability itself.

From Idea to Redemption.

  1. Idea. We map the project, its stage, its permits and the sustainability criteria the investors expect.
  2. Structuring. The programme documentation is drafted once, and the compartment for the first project is designed under it.
  3. ISIN. The note is issued from that compartment and receives its own ISIN.
  4. Audits. The compartment falls under the audit of PwC and Atwell, and project-level due diligence and eligibility criteria are documented.
  5. Reporting. Periodic reporting to noteholders covering both financial performance and use of proceeds.
  6. Payments. What the compartment collects is administered and passed through to the noteholders.
  7. Redemption. At the end of its term the note is repaid and that compartment closes, while the programme continues.
Clean white volumes meeting an overcast sky — green bonds securitization

How a Programme Grows.

  1. The programme documentation is drafted once and sets the terms common to every issue.
  2. Compartment one is opened for the first project, with its own final terms and its own ISIN.
  3. Investors subscribe to that compartment, and the proceeds fund that project only.
  4. The next project opens as compartment two, under the same programme documentation.
  5. Each compartment runs, reports and redeems independently of the others.

Use-of-Proceeds Reporting.

  • What the proceeds funded, at project level, against what the final terms said they would fund.
  • Physical progress of the project, and whether it reached the milestones set at structuring.
  • The eligibility criteria applied, and the evidence held that the project meets them.
  • Independent verification of the sustainability claims, by the party appointed for that purpose.
  • Any change in the project that affects why it qualified in the first place.

Why Structure Green Bonds Through a Compartment?

  • One project, one compartment. An investor backs an identified project, not an undifferentiated set of them.
  • Ring-fenced by law. A difficulty in one project cannot reach the compartments funding the others.
  • Programme documentation drafted once. New projects are added as new compartments, without rebuilding the structure each time.
  • Access at a workable size. Notes can be issued in denominations that let qualified investors take a position in a large project.
  • Use of proceeds reported. Reporting covers what the money funded, not only what the compartment collected.

Talk to our structuring team.

80+ active compartments · €2.5 bn+ assets structured. Indicative platform figures.