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Indian renewables firm launches INR3bn green bond
09 February 2016Hero Future Energies has commenced the sale of the first green notes under India's new green bond standards.
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GBPs 'are not evolving into standards'
08 February 2016The body overseeing the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) has denied rumours that signatories are exploring the possibility of developing a set of standards, although it has emerged that five working groups have been set up to help guide their evolution.
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KfW says 2015 green bonds will save almost 3Mt of carbon dioxide annually
08 February 2016The five green bonds issued by German development bank KfW in 2015 are expected to save greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to more than 2.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, the bank said in a report.
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Actiam narrowly misses €1bn green bond pledge
08 February 2016Actiam has fallen 10% short of its pledge to buy €1 billion ($1.08 billion) of green bonds by the end of 2015, but believes it will hit the target in coming weeks.
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EF BRIEFS: Abengoa, BlackRock & GIB, ForVEI, China Ming Yang, Stockholm, Gold Standard
05 February 2016Stricken renewables developer Abengoa has sold to Masdar its stake in Shams1, the largest operating renewables plant in the Middle East.
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China alone 'could smash 2015's global green bond record'
04 February 2016China could issue more green bonds in 2016 than the entire world did last year, according to one expert, who says global sovereign issuance will also boost the market in coming months.
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Legal & General eyeing climate debt fund
04 February 2016Legal & General Investment Management is considering launching a green fixed-income fund, saying the sector is being taken increasingly seriously at "the highest levels" of management.
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Carbon specialist devises method of measuring green bond impacts
03 February 2016A US carbon offset registry is drafting a methodology for measuring the carbon impact of green bonds.
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New York MTA issues $500m 'certified' green bond
03 February 2016New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is to issue a green bond certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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Kexim prices second green bond
03 February 2016The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has issued an almost three-times oversubscribed $400 million green bond.