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  • ReNew Power issues India's first credit-enhanced green bond

    23 September 2015

    Goldman Sachs-backed wind developer ReNew Power Ventures has issued India's first credit-enhanced green bond, raising INR4.5 billion ($68 million).

  • Washington State to issue $39m green bond

    23 September 2015

    The State of Washington is set to become the latest US municipal to tap the green bond market after it announced plans for what is understood to be a $39 million issue.

  • Greater public sector support 'vital' to achieving $1trn green bond market

    22 September 2015

    Public sector support is "vital" to help the green bond market scale up to $1 trillion by 2020, a figure that would help avoid catastrophic climate change, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • Investors 'paying up' for green bonds on the secondary market, says Barclays

    21 September 2015

    Green bonds are trading at a premium in the secondary market, according to research by Barclays.

  • CLP issues first corporate bond in India

    18 September 2015

    India's largest wind developer CLP Wind Farms has issued its first corporate green bond, with a INR6 billion ($91.2 million) redeemable non-convertible bond.

  • ABN Amro introduces sustainability data into property lending

    16 September 2015

    Netherlands-based bank ABN Amro has introduced Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to its real estate lending process.

  • Feedback required for geothermal standards in the green bond market

    16 September 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is calling for feedback on planned criteria for geothermal-based green bonds.

  • NIB comes to market with its first euro green bond in €500m deal

    14 September 2015

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued its first euro-denominated green bond in a €500 million ($566 million) deal that was "well oversubscribed".

  • Green bond market gets its first agricultural and forestry standards

    11 September 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has released standards it hopes will bolster green bond issuance in the agricultural and forestry space.

  • The hidden benefits of green bonds: reflections from an issuer

    11 September 2015

    Issuing a green bond has more benefits for the issuer than mere investor diversification, says Manuel Thomas.