-
First green hybrid debt set to issue
21 March 2017A major European green bond issuer is gearing up to issue the first green-labelled hybrid security.
-
Engie issues second green bond
15 March 2017French utility Engie has issued a two tranche €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) green bond.
-
World Bank launches SDG bonds
10 March 2017The World Bank has launched a €163 million ($172 million) index linked bond that will directly link returns to the performance of companies advancing the global development priorities set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
-
HSBC tightens policy on palm oil financing
21 February 2017HSBC has pledged to tighten its policy on financing palm oil companies, to help improve the sustainability of the industry.
-
Major investors call on banks to re-route Dakota pipeline
20 February 2017A group of major investors has called on banks involved in the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to re-route it so that it does not cross Native American treaty land.
-
CDC mandates banks to roadshow green bond
03 February 2017France's Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) has mandated six banks to roadshow its inaugural green bond.
-
Financiers praise 'Positive Impact' Principles
30 January 2017The Principles for Positive Impact Finance were hailed as "an important step in ... overcoming the funding gap for sustainable development" at their launch today in Paris.
-
France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year
25 January 2017The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.
-
A record breaking $93bn of green bonds issued in 2016
20 January 2017The green bond market returned to explosive growth in 2016, as a spurt of activity in China saw the value of issuance more than double to $93 billion.
-
Green Bonds Round Up - 18 January 17
18 January 2017Danish public sector lender KommuneKredit is gearing up to launch a benchmark-sized euro-denominated green bond in the second quarter of this year.