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  • Berlin Hyp plans 'world's first covered green bond'

    10 April 2015

    German mortgage lender Berlin Hyp is planning to launch what it says is the world's first covered green bond.

  • KFW plans to invest €1bn in green bonds

    09 April 2015

    German 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.

  • 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.