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Berlin Hyp plans 'world's first covered green bond'
10 April 2015German mortgage lender Berlin Hyp is planning to launch what it says is the world's first covered green bond.
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KFW plans to invest €1bn in green bonds
09 April 2015German development bank KfW has ramped up its commitment to the green bond market, by announcing its intention to invest €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in the market. The bank has already announced plans to issue up to €3 billion ($3.2 billion) of green bonds this year.
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Q2 off to flying start for green bond market
08 April 2015A spate of organisations are gearing up to issue green bonds after a quarter which saw $8.7 billion of issues.
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Why the green bond market was 'half full' in Q1
08 April 2015Negative 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.
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Green bond growth slows in Q1, but players remain bullish
08 April 2015The 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.
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Results: Environmental Finance's 8th Annual Deals of the Year Awards
01 April 2015Environmental Finance has revealed the winners of its 8th Annual Deals of the Year Awards.
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Deals of the Year 2015
01 April 2015The low-interest, low-yield environment of recent years has been a curse for many investors, but it has, at least, helped advance renewables' cause.
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Bond: Energia Eolica's green bond
01 April 2015Amid 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.
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SEB sees green bond issuance doubling to $70bn in 2015
31 March 2015Swedish bank SEB still expects issuance of green bonds to double this year from last year's $36 billion, despite a relatively quiet first quarter.
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KfW comes to market with kanga green bond
30 March 2015KfW has issued its first green bond in Australian dollars.