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  • Q2 off to flying start for green bond market

    08 April 2015

    A spate of organisations are gearing up to issue green bonds after a quarter which saw $8.7 billion of issues.

  • Why the green bond market was 'half full' in Q1

    08 April 2015

    Negative stories make eye-catching headlines. So, it was tempting to go into 'tabloid mode' after our figures showed that issues of green-labelled bonds slowed in the first quarter.

  • Green bond growth slows in Q1, but players remain bullish

    08 April 2015

    The green bond market saw some $8.7 billion of issues in the first quarter of 2015, meaning its rate of growth has slowed since last year.

  • Results: Environmental Finance's 8th Annual Deals of the Year Awards

    01 April 2015

    Environmental Finance has revealed the winners of its 8th Annual Deals of the Year Awards.

  • Deals of the Year 2015

    01 April 2015

    The low-interest, low-yield environment of recent years has been a curse for many investors, but it has, at least, helped advance renewables' cause.

  • Bond: Energia Eolica's green bond

    01 April 2015

    Amid a surge of use-of-proceeds green bonds last year, Peruvian renewables firm Energia Eolica stood out from the crowd. It launched a $204 million labelled project bond to refinance two newly operational wind farms.

  • SEB sees green bond issuance doubling to $70bn in 2015

    31 March 2015

    Swedish bank SEB still expects issuance of green bonds to double this year from last year's $36 billion, despite a relatively quiet first quarter.

  • KfW comes to market with kanga green bond

    30 March 2015

    KfW has issued its first green bond in Australian dollars.

  • World Bank's Kyte calls for 'more risk sharing' in green bond market

    27 March 2015

    Green bond investors need to stop relying on the balance sheets of large issuers and start sharing some of the risk, according to the World Bank's Rachel Kyte.

  • Second edition of Green Bond Principles 'will boost transparency'

    27 March 2015

    The Green Bond Principles (GBPs) have been redrafted in a move designed to boost transparency and clarity to help underpin the fledgling market's rapid growth.