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  • Latvian utility ups green bond to €75m

    12 June 2015

    Latvenergo, the Latvian state-owned electricity company, has upped its green bond offering by 50% due to investor demand.

  • Will we even be using oil when Petrobras' bonds mature in 2115?

    11 June 2015

    Petrobras' recent launch of a notional $2.5 billion worth of 100-year bonds has been viewed as evidence that investors, particularly those with long-term commitments such as pension funds and insurers, are desperate for yield.

  • Green bonds 'can help achieve $100bn climate finance goal'

    11 June 2015

    Green bonds have been named one of the four instruments available to financial institutions to help ramp climate finance up to its $100 billion a year target.

  • Morgan Stanley issues inaugural $500m green bond

    10 June 2015

    Morgan Stanley has joined the select ranks of private banks to have issued a green bond, after it sold $500 million of its own notes.

  • Lloyds Bank offers second £250m ESG bond

    09 June 2015

    Lloyds Banking Group has issued its second £250 million ($380 million) environmental, social and governance (ESG) bond to aid small and medium-sized businesses in the UK.

  • Nasdaq launches list for sustainable bonds

    09 June 2015

    Nasdaq Stockholm has launched a list of sustainable bonds, valued at SEK5.4 billion ($650 million).

  • TerraForm Power extends green bond series with $150m of notes

    09 June 2015

    TerraForm Power has priced a $150 million private placement of notes to fuel its expansion plans.

  • 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.

  • 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.