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BPCE prices inaugural €1.5bn EuGB covered bond

French banking group BPCE has priced its inaugural European Green Bond (EuGB) covered bond, raising €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) through a 6.5-year transaction that attracted more than €5 billion of investor demand.

NBIM sides with BP over rejection of climate proposal

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 23 April.

Glass Lewis, L&G to vote against BP board chair over climate proposal

Investors demand explanation from BP for attempt to omit climate proposal

Institutional investors are set to demand an explanation from BP on why it appears set to omit a climate-related shareholder proposal, as filers threatened legal action against the company.

Bpifrance raises €1bn from debut 'European Green Bond'

French public sector investment bank Bpifrance has raised €1 billion ($1.2 billion) from its first green bond using the 'European Green Bond' (EuGB) label.

BP and Shell hit with climate proposal filed by $1.5trn investor group

European Defence Bonds - turning red lines into green lights?

The use-of-proceeds focused label can support a deeper market sophistication on where investor preferences and boundaries lie. Ahren Lester reports

Bpifrance raises €1bn from debut 'European Defence Bond'

French public sector investment bank Bpifrance has raised €1 billion ($1.2 billion) from a sustainable bond-inspired labelled 'defence bond' in a deal almost four-times oversubscribed.

Debut Banco BPM 'EuGB' almost five-times oversubscribed

Banco BPM has raised €500 million ($584 million) from its inaugural 'European Green Bond' (EuGB), becoming the first Italian lender and only the second in Europe to use the 'gold standard' label.