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European banks focus on green tagging to drive energy efficiency
15 December 2017Green tagging is emerging as a key strategy for leading European banks looking to scale up financing of energy-efficient real estate, a report has found.
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JP Morgan is top green bond underwriter in Q3, with a string of EM deals
13 October 2017JP Morgan seized the bragging rights to the green bond underwriting market in the third quarter of 2017, helped by a series of benchmark-sized issues in emerging markets.
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Green bond round-up, 20 September 2017
20 September 2017Mexico City Airport Trust has returned to the green bond market with the biggest corporate issue to date – a two-tranche $4 billion bond – to finance what it claims will be the world's most sustainable airport.
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SSE to price inaugural green bond
30 August 2017Scottish energy company SSE, formerly known as Scottish and Southern Energy, is marketing its first green bond, hoping to raise €500 million ($600m).
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Spain's BBVA agrees green loan for Uruguay transmission project
18 July 2017Spanish bank BBVA has agreed to provide a $25 million 'green loan' to Italian energy company Terna to help it connect renewable energy projects in Uruguay to the national grid.
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Time the green bond market grew up
05 June 2017The exclusion of Repsol's bond from the main green bond indexes highlights that a lack of a clear definition of what is green is hindering the market, argues Keith Mullin.
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Repsol's green bond: exploring the controversy
19 May 2017Spanish oil & gas company Repsol issued a controversial green bond that immediately raised concerns, mainly because it represents more investment in production that results in more carbon emissions, even if more efficiently. Marcio Viegas assesses the controversy
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Spanish oil company issues controversial green bond
10 May 2017Spanish oil company Repsol has issued a controversial €500 million ($543 million) green bond that will be partly used to fund energy efficiency projects in its oil and chemical refineries.
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BBVA makes second green loan to Acciona
25 April 2017BBVA has signed a $100 million green-labelled loan agreement with Acciona to partially fund solar and wind projects in Chile
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Green bond roundup - 29 March 2017
29 March 2017The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has issued a AUD650 million ($495 million) green bond, its inaugural offering.