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Italian renewables firm issues bond
26 August 2015Italian renewables firm Building Energy has abandoned plans to issue a green bond, coming to market with €30 million of unlabelled notes instead.
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Sweden tops Sarasin's new sovereign sustainability matrix
26 August 2015Sweden has come top of J. Safra Sarasin's newly created sovereign sustainability matrix, which Sarasin says will complement existing ratings for sovereign bond issuers.
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Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'
25 August 2015A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.
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ING Bank H1 sustainable lending increases to €20.9bn
25 August 2015ING Bank has increased its sustainable lending for the first half of the year to €20.9 billion ($24.1 billion), an increase of 7% compared with the proceeding half year.
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Green bond market still on-track for record-breaking year, says SEB
24 August 2015The green bond market is on track for another record-breaking year, according to SEB, although it conceded that its previous estimate of $70 billion of issuance now looks "a bit optimistic".
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Aligera added to Nasdaq Sustainable Bond list after acquiring Cicero second opinion
24 August 2015Swedish renewable investment company Aligera has acquired a second opinion on its SEK500 million ($60.4 million) corporate bond, in a move that allowed it to be added to Nasdaq Stockholm's Sustainable Bond list.
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EIB smashes €10bn green bond mark with new CAB
21 August 2015The European Investment Bank (EIB) has added to its range of Climate Awareness Bonds (CABs), in a deal that was upsized to €600 million ($677 million) amid strong demand.
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Private equity firm gets $59m backing for Peruvian hydro
20 August 2015A Peruvian hydropower company has secured a $59 million loan from a series of investors to construct two projects in the country.
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New York State green bond raises $368m and attracts new investors
20 August 2015New York State has raised a further $367.6 million as part of a green bond issue focused on water projects.
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Consortium lands 'unprecedented' debt package for Australian wind
20 August 2015John Laing and other investors have landed 'an unprecedented' financing package to build an Australian wind farm.