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  • CLP issues first corporate bond in India

    18 September 2015

    India's largest wind developer CLP Wind Farms has issued its first corporate green bond, with a INR6 billion ($91.2 million) redeemable non-convertible bond.

  • ABN Amro introduces sustainability data into property lending

    16 September 2015

    Netherlands-based bank ABN Amro has introduced Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to its real estate lending process.

  • Feedback required for geothermal standards in the green bond market

    16 September 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is calling for feedback on planned criteria for geothermal-based green bonds.

  • NIB comes to market with its first euro green bond in €500m deal

    14 September 2015

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued its first euro-denominated green bond in a €500 million ($566 million) deal that was "well oversubscribed".

  • Green bond market gets its first agricultural and forestry standards

    11 September 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has released standards it hopes will bolster green bond issuance in the agricultural and forestry space.

  • The hidden benefits of green bonds: reflections from an issuer

    11 September 2015

    Issuing a green bond has more benefits for the issuer than mere investor diversification, says Manuel Thomas.

  • GIP to issue €556m green bond to finance offshore wind deal

    11 September 2015

    Private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is set to issue a €556 million ($623 million) green bond to help fund its acquisition of 50% of an offshore wind project.

  • South Pole and Oekom link up to boost ESG services for investors

    08 September 2015

    Carbon advisory firm South Pole Group is partnering with sustainability ratings firm Oekom Research to enable both firms to expand the range of environmental social and governance (ESG) services they offer.

  • Real estate sector boosts on-site renewables use

    02 September 2015

    The global real estate sector increased its use of on-site renewable energy last year by 50%, and achieved a 3% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to an industry survey.

  • US companies commit to reduce GHG emissions - why not issue green bonds?

    31 August 2015

    A growing number of companies are taking strides to address their carbon footprint. Could issuing green bonds be the next step, asks Peter Ellsworth