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  • Can green bonds go mainstream?

    20 June 2013

    The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell

  • Green bond issuance up by a quarter - report

    14 June 2013

    The value of green bonds issued rose 25% in 2012 compared with the previous year, according to a report that expects the market to continue scaling up.

  • Massachusetts plans $100m green bond issuance

    24 May 2013

    The state of Massachusetts plans to issue $100 million of 'green bonds'.

  • First green bond verified using industry standards

    09 May 2013

    An environmental bond has for the first time been certified using a set of standards supported by investor-focused NGO the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • 'Industry's first' fixed income ESG indexes to launch 'in weeks'

    02 May 2013

    A new family of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes for fixed income are due to be launched by early next month, index provider MSCI and Barclays have told Environmental Finance.

  • Green bonds to become 'cornerstone market within four years' – Flensborg

    30 April 2013

    Environmental bonds will become a "cornerstone" of mainstream investors' portfolios within four years, one of the market's pioneers has claimed.

  • EIB issues its first climate bond of 2013

    24 April 2013

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first green bond of 2013, in a move that saw it raise SEK500 million ($75.9 million).

  • IFC to issue $1bn/year in green bonds

    22 April 2013

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to issue at least $1 billion a year in green bonds, following its successful $1 billion issue earlier this year.

  • EDITORIAL: Closing the loop

    05 April 2013

    When it comes to financing the shift to a low-carbon global economy, two things are axiomatic. First, it's going to cost a lot of money. Second, there's a lot of money out there, looking for profitable investments.

  • The green bond market comes of age

    02 April 2013

    The first $1 billion environmental bond has opened the market up to a new class of investor – but the search for yield goes on. Mark Nicholls reports