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Bond investors ponder fifty shades of green
12 August 2014Recent green bond issues have attracted mainstream as well as committed 'socially responsible' investors. But their views on what qualifies as 'green' can differ dramatically, as Graham Cooper reports
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NRG Yield closes $500m green bond
08 August 2014NRG Yield has closed its green bond, after selling $500 million of notes to institutional investors.
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Los Angeles issues PACE bond for energy efficiency upgrades
08 August 2014Los Angeles has issued a $6.86 million bond to finance energy efficiency upgrades at a hotel in the county.
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Biomass firm hopes to tap green bond market by the end of year
07 August 2014A recently floated biomass firm plans to issue a labelled green bond by the end of the year, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Green Bonds: an investor's perspective
05 August 2014As green bonds catch the eye of mainstream investors, Jupiter's Rhys Petheram gives his views on the emerging asset class – and how rating agencies could step up their work in this space to help define what is green.
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NRG yieldco ups green bond to $500m
01 August 2014NRG Yield has upsized its green bond offering from to $500 million, indicating strong demand from the market.
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Mirova launches green bond fund in bid to develop market
29 July 2014Responsible investment firm Mirova is planning to relaunch a fund, giving it a new focus on green and social bonds.
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NRG yieldco issues $400m green bond to help buy biggest wind farm in US
29 July 2014NRG Yield is to issue a $400 million green bond to help finance its acquisition of Alta Wind – the largest wind farm in North America.
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Green bonds reach the tipping point
22 July 2014A surge of corporate issues is supporting a bullish mood in the environmental bond market, says Graham Cooper
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Sainsbury's secures £200m 'green loan' to fund low-carbon projects
21 July 2014UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's has agreed a £200 million ($342 million) loan from Rabobank to support its programme of carbon reduction and sustainability projects.