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Corporates should overcome fears about green bond issuance
11 April 2016Disagreements as to whether green bond issuers should be environmentally friendly in all their operations could deter potential corporate issuers. But this would be a mistake, says Antonio Keglevich, head of green bond origination at UniCredit
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Green bond expected for smart meters and grid upgrades
08 April 2016An energy distributor is readying itself to issue a green bond to finance smart grids and green buildings, Environmental Finance has learned.
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FrieslandCampina upsizes green Schuldschein to €300m
08 April 2016Dairy company FrieslandCampina has priced and upsized its green Schuldschein, raising €300 million ($341 million).
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Green bond market sees third 10-year dollar issue of 2016
07 April 2016A $1.5 billion green bond issued by the European Investment Bank (EIB) has made it the third issuer this year to tap the market with a 10-year, dollar-denominated issue.
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AP2 to dedicate 1% of investment to green bonds as market 'achieves maturity'
06 April 2016Swedish pension fund AP2 has decided to allocate 1% of its entire portfolio to green bonds, saying the market has achieved the maturity and size "to justify a separate investment strategy".
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EF BRIEFS: ET Risk, Latvenergo, Morgan Stanley, TerraForm Global, ICO
06 April 2016A coalition of think-tanks, researchers and financial companies will develop a framework to assess the potential financial impacts on securities created by the transition to a lower-carbon economy.
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Moody's names more taxonomies it will use in its Green Bond Assessments
06 April 2016Moody's has named three taxonomies it will use in addition to the Green Bond Principles to help it assess the environmental credentials of green bonds.
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EIB reaffirms commitment to developing the green bond market
05 April 2016The European Investment Bank (EIB) remains firmly committed to "improving the financial attractiveness" of the green bond market, says Bertrand de Mazières, the bank's director general of finance.
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China's first corporate green bond approved under national standards
05 April 2016Concord New Energy has become the first Chinese corporation to be approved to issue green bonds under its national standards.
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EF BRIEFS: Nairobi, Qatar, California, Poland
01 April 2016Nairobi and Qatar are the latest stock exchanges to sign up to the Sustainable Stock Exchanges' campaign to 'close the environmental, social and governance (ESG) guidance gap'.