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  • What's the real impact of green bonds?

    25 November 2015

    Should an oil company be able to issue a green bond? Possibly, says Manuel Lewin.

  • Barclays doubles down on green bonds

    25 November 2015

    Barclays has become the first investor to meet its target for green bond acquisitions, and has announced plans to buy another £1 billion, says Hamza Ali

  • Green bond comment, November

    25 November 2015

    Mounting anticipation of tougher international action on climate change at the UN meeting in Paris, has brought an Indian summer to the green bond market, says Graham Cooper

  • ABN Amro 'hopes investors will pay-up' for its future green bonds

    25 November 2015

    ABN Amro will issue more green bonds, and hopes investors will begin 'paying up' for labelled notes.

  • EIB and BNP Paribas privately place index-linked Climate Awareness Bond

    24 November 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a privately placed index-linked €500 million ($532 million) Climate Awareness Bond (CAB).

  • Green bond market risks losing credibility, warns Allianz

    24 November 2015

    The green bond market needs to be standardised to help it maintain its credibility, insurance giant Allianz has warned.

  • Advanced topics in green bonds: Risks

    24 November 2015

    The unique set of risks presented by the fledgling green bond market are explored by Phillip Ludvigsen

  • EF BRIEFS: Cambridge University, Climate Bonds Initiative, LSE, European Parliament

    23 November 2015

    Sandrine Dixson-Declève, director of the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership, has called on European leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies and invest in renewables or face become increasingly uncompetitive.

  • IDBI launches inaugural benchmark-sized green bond

    23 November 2015

    The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) has launched its inaugural green bond and the second from India to be denominated in dollars.

  • HSBC moves closer to issuing green bonds, as it drafts framework

    20 November 2015

    HSBC has created a green bond framework ahead of its much-anticipated move into the issuing space, after years as a key underwriter in the market.