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France's Hollande welcomes green bonds, decarbonisation initiatives
20 May 2015French 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.
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Swedish firm's green bond to begin trading on Nasdaq Stockholm
20 May 2015Swedish 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.
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World Bank launches two more retail green bonds
20 May 2015The World Bank has sold nearly $30 million of green bonds to US investors, and has launched an Italian offering.
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Financial details of BAML's $600m green bond revealed
18 May 2015Bank of America has provided the financial details of its second green bond.
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Bank of America issues second green bond
15 May 2015Bank of America has issued its second green bond, for $600 million.
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LA plans $183m green bond for waste water
14 May 2015Los Angeles is to become the latest US municipality to tap the green bond market.
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Insurers see the gold in green
14 May 2015Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains
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How to help the green bond market grow
13 May 2015The market needs to embrace general purpose bonds from 'pureplay' green companies, as well as allowing non-clean companies to issue green bonds if they are in transition to a greener business model, argues Ulrik Ross
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Body behind Dutch/German grid launches 'multi-billion' green bond programme
13 May 2015Dutch energy body TenneT has launched a green bond programme, which it says could be "a multi-billion euro green investment opportunity".
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Paris climate summit to strengthen green bond market, says HSBC
12 May 2015The rapidly growing green bond market could receive a further boost from a strong climate change agreement in December, a report by HSBC's climate change centre has claimed.