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ING Bank plans green bond issue
10 November 2015ING Bank is set to join the growing list of lenders issuing green bonds, Environmental Finance understands.
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Schneider Electric issues €200m green bond
09 November 2015Schneider Electric has issued its inaugural €200 million ($215 million) green bond.
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GCF gets go-ahead for $168m investment in eight initial projects
09 November 2015The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been given the green light to allocate $168 million to its first eight projects, in a move it expects will result in $1.3 billion of total investment by 2020.
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EF BRIEFS: Downing, Lekela, Recurrent Energy, Enbridge, Climate Bonds Initiative, GRI, Global CCS Institute, IETA
06 November 2015London-based investment firm Downing will invest £20 million ($30 million) in biomass projects as part of a joint venture with developer Strand Energy.
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Societe Generale plans €500m green "impact bond"
06 November 2015Societe Generale plans to issue a €500 million ($543 million) "impact bond" to refinance loans which have a climate impact.
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Why Zurich focusses on impact investing, as well as ESG integration
05 November 2015Insurance giant Zurich has put impact investing at the heart of its responsibility strategy because, unlike environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration, it can deliver immediate results, according to a strategist for the company.
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Zurich commits $800m of $2bn green bond target
05 November 2015Zurich Insurance has committed nearly $800 million of its landmark $2 billion target for investing in green bonds.
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NRW Bank attracts green buyers to €500m green bond
04 November 2015NRW Bank has issued its third green bond, with the majority of the €500 million ($544 million) of paper sold to investors with a green or social mandate.
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Mexico's development bank's green bond five times oversubscribed
04 November 2015Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera (Nafin), has become the first Latin American development bank to tap the green bond market, with a five-times oversubscribed $500 million issue.
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ICBC 'mulling green bond issue'
02 November 2015Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is considering becoming one of the first Chinese issuers of a green bond, in a transaction that could raise some $300 million.