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  • BRICS Bank 'prices inaugural green bond'

    18 July 2016

    The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly called BRICS Bank, is understood to have priced a RMB3 billion ($450 million) green bond today.

  • Chinese bank issues largest international green bond

    06 July 2016

    One of China's largest state-owned commercial banks has issued the largest green bond to date in the international markets.

  • Green bonds in Asia - the challenges and opportunities

    27 June 2016

    The take-up of green bonds in Asia has been frustratingly slow, and there is no sign yet that companies are embracing the asset class en masse, argues Vicky Münzer-Jones

  • Geely green bond receives warm reception from pension funds

    19 May 2016

    Chinese car maker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has launched a five-year, dollar-denominated green bond, with "strong" support from pension funds.

  • China's Geely readies itself for USD green bond

    11 May 2016

    Chinese corporate Geely is set to raise a green bond to make taxis more environmentally friendly.

  • HSBC recommends offshore dollar-denominated Chinese green bonds

    10 May 2016

    Offshore dollar-denominated green bonds from Chinese issuers are an attractive sector of the green bond market at present, according to HSBC analysts.

  • Utility returns to green bond market, with benchmark issue

    15 April 2016

    A utility has returned to the green bond market, after pricing €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of notes, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • China trials green bond segment on Shanghai stock exchange

    18 March 2016

    China has made another move to develop its green bond market, launching a pilot initiative via the Shanghai stock exchange.

  • Qingdao issues China's third domestic green bond

    14 March 2016

    Bank of Qingdao (BQD) has issued the first two tranches of its RMB8 billion ($1.5 billion) green bond programme, raising RMB4 billion.

  • China to see wave of corporate green bonds, says HSBC

    04 March 2016

    A spate of green bonds from Chinese banks this year has paved the way for a "wave" of corporate issuance from the country, according to HSBC.