The Sacramento California Municipal Utility District is issuing $400 million in Electric Revenue Bonds through negotiated sale. The bonds are broken up into 2019 Series A, Series B, and Series G. A portion of the 2019 Series G bonds are designated as Green bonds for LEED certified renovations and upgrades to the Headquarters Building. Kestrel Verifiers provided the independent second party opinion.

RethinkWaste in San Carlos, California, issued Green Bonds consisting of $48,775,000 in Solid Waste Enterprise Refunding Revenue Bonds Series 2019A and Solid Waste Enterprise Revenue Bonds Series 2019B (for new projects) to make various environmental upgrades at its agency-owned, Shoreway Environmental Center. Kestrel Verifiers provided a Second Party Opinion confirming the bond’s alignment with the Green Bond Principles.  A second opinion against the Green Bond Principles was done by Kestrel Verifiers, an approved verifier by the Climate Bonds Initiative. These are the first Green Bonds floated in San Mateo County for green infrastructure and waste reduction.

The Climate Bonds Standard Board has confirmed Kestrel Verifiers as an Approved Verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme.