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  • Green bond comment - May

    25 May 2016

    The green bond market has continued its rapid march to maturity in recent weeks, with new geographies and industry sectors coming to market for the first time, innovative bond structures being launched, significant pricing advantages being reported, and plans for a new service to rate bonds on their environmental impact.

  • ABN Amro's second green bond meets strong demand from investors

    23 May 2016

    ABN Amro has launched its second green bond one year after its landmark inaugural issue, with an order book "north of €1 billion ($1.12 billion)" two hours after it opened, according to the bank.

  • DKB bank launches green bond programme for renewables

    12 May 2016

    Germany's Deutsche Kredit Bank (DKB) is preparing to launch a green bond programme focused on renewable energy lending.

  • EF BRIEFS: FSB, SPI Energy, TSKB, JLEN

    11 May 2016

    The Financial Stability Board's Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures has extended its feedback period until the end of the month.

  • First index launched to track bonds from low-carbon issuers

    08 March 2016

    An index has been launched which is believed to be the first to comprise bonds from low-carbon companies.

  • Are investors beginning to pay up for green bonds?

    26 February 2016

    Are the occasional pieces of evidence that green bonds price differently to their mainstream equivalents a sign of things to come, asks Hamza Ali

  • New York MTA issues $500m 'certified' green bond

    03 February 2016

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is to issue a green bond certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • ABN Amro claims first 'sustainable shipping loan'

    25 January 2016

    A €66 million ($71 million) loan structured by ABN Amro for Dutch shipping company Anthony Veder, has been hailed as the first sustainable shipping loan.

  • HSBC tightens pricing 'significantly' on first green bond as order book hits €2.1bn

    27 November 2015

    HSBC France has seen huge demand for its inaugural green bond, enabling it to tighten pricing "significantly" on the deal.

  • ABN Amro 'hopes investors will pay-up' for its future green bonds

    25 November 2015

    ABN Amro will issue more green bonds, and hopes investors will begin 'paying up' for labelled notes.