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  • Of green bonds, Paris and additionality

    27 May 2015

    I was fortunate enough to spend much of last week in Paris where thousands of people from the business, finance and political worlds converged to talk about climate change, says Peter Cripps

  • ANZ launches biggest ever green bond from Australian issuer

    27 May 2015

    ANZ has launched the largest green bond to come from an Australian issuer to date.

  • Waste-to-product company eyes €150m retail green bond

    26 May 2015

    British 'waste-to-product' firm Shanks will issue a green bond of up to €150 million ($164 million) for retail investors.

  • $214 million green bond launched by Swedish municipality

    26 May 2015

    A Swedish municipality issued its second green bond last week, in a SEK1.8 billion ($214 million) deal.

  • Latvian utility to issue 'dark green' bond

    26 May 2015

    A Baltic utility is the latest to announce plans to tap the green bond market.

  • Australia's ANZ to issue green bond

    22 May 2015

    The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) will issue its first green bond, to refinance a loan book for green projects.

  • ABN Amro to roadshow Euro green bond

    21 May 2015

    Dutch bank ABN Amro is making moves to enter the green bond market.

  • France's Hollande welcomes green bonds, decarbonisation initiatives

    20 May 2015

    French president Francois Hollande has hailed the importance of green bonds and portfolio decarbonisation initiatives in the run up to the UN climate change summit in December.

  • Swedish firm's green bond to begin trading on Nasdaq Stockholm

    20 May 2015

    Swedish property firm Wallenstam said the prospectus for its green bond, designed to finance its subsidiary Svensk NaturEnergi, has been approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.

  • World Bank launches two more retail green bonds

    20 May 2015

    The World Bank has sold nearly $30 million of green bonds to US investors, and has launched an Italian offering.