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EIB issues $148m climate bond
24 April 2012The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a SEK (Swedish krona) 1 billion ($148 million) 'green' bond, in participation with two new underwriters.
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Sun to come out for renewable project bonds?
29 March 2012The $850 million Topaz solar bond is being hailed as a bellwether for the renewable energy bond market. But can others follow where MidAmerican Energy has trodden? Mark Nicholls reports
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The big push for green bonds
21 February 2012The creation of an environmental bond market has been frustratingly slow – but interest is building. Mark Nicholls reports
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Green Deal Finance Co eyeing billions in green bonds
17 February 2012The company set up to facilitate a major UK energy efficiency programme has drawn up plans for a multi-billion pound green bond programme.
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Eyes turn to adaptation finance
05 February 2012Did the Durban climate talks begin to lay the foundations for adaptation finance mechanisms, asks Dirk Forrister
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Green fillip needed as we enter 'age of bonds'
31 January 2012We are entering "the age of bonds" as a result of current financial crisis, Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, told a side event at the World Economic Forum in Davos last Thursday.
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SEB, Daiwa top environmental bond underwriting league table
25 January 2012Sweden's SEB and Japan's Daiwa have been the two most active underwriters of environmental bonds issued by multilateral finance institutions, according to a new league table.
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Elections, trade battles to pose risks to green economy this year – HSBC
06 January 2012Political uncertainty and trade disputes pose the greatest risks to the green economy this year, according to analysts at HSBC.
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Setting the standard for climate bonds
14 November 2011After more than a year in development, this month sees the launch of a novel initiative to certify the environmental claims of climate bonds. Padraig Oliver and Sean Kidney explain
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Ecotricity shaves yield for second green bond
08 November 2011UK renewable energy utility Ecotricity has announced the terms for its second bond issue, and is offering slightly lower rates to investors.