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  • Green bond market sees first Brazilian issuer in €500m deal

    08 June 2015

    Brazilian food giant BRF has become the first Brazilian company to tap the green bond market.

  • Climate change will create financial 'winners and losers', says Mercer

    04 June 2015

    Investment portfolios will see "winners and losers" as a result of climate change, according to research by Mercer, and investors need to adopt their portfolios accordingly.

  • Baltic renewables firm issues €50m green bond

    03 June 2015

    The market has seen its first green bond from a Baltic issuer.

  • Green bond industry groups turn spotlight on property sector

    03 June 2015

    Two reports aiming to establish best practice among green bond issuers in the real estate sector have been published by separate industry groups.

  • ABN Amro issues €500m green bond for real estate

    03 June 2015

    ABN Amro has "set a new standard for the market" with its €500 million ($557 million) green bond.

  • World Bank to issue 100th green bond

    02 June 2015

    The World Bank is to issue its 100th green bond – an equity-linked note for retail investors in the US.

  • Profile: Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions

    29 May 2015

    As Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions gears up for a second financial close, Kit Hamilton and Andrew Robertson talk to Sophie Robinson-Tillett

  • TenneT issues €1bn green bond for offshore wind

    29 May 2015

    TenneT has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) green bond, in a deal that was twice oversubscribed.

  • World Bank uses options to encourage methane reduction projects

    28 May 2015

    A series of 'put options' are to be sold by the World Bank to incentivise private sector companies to reduce methane emissions in developing countries.

  • Goldman Sachs sets $1bn target for securitised Japanese renewables bonds

    27 May 2015

    Goldman Sachs has established a "first of its kind" facility that aims to issue $1 billion of securitised Japanese renewable energy bonds.