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  • 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.

  • 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

  • G20 businesses to focus on green finance in 2016

    04 February 2016

    The B20 – a coalition of business associations from G20 economies that make policy recommendations – task force on growth has named green finance as its primary goal for 2016.

  • Green bond market to see at least $55bn of issues in 2016, says HSBC

    27 January 2016

    The green bond market will notch up another year of solid growth, according to analysts at HSBC, who predict between $55 billion and $80 billion of issues in 2016.

  • Biggest ever green bond launches

    27 January 2016

    The biggest ever green bond was issued today, raising RMB20 billion ($3.03 billion).

  • Chinese bank to issue RMB50bn in green bonds

    21 January 2016

    A Chinese commercial bank has gained regulatory approval to issue up to RMB50 billion ($7.6 billion) of green bonds, according to a document filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

  • Green bond market ends 2015 on a high as it breaks records

    06 January 2016

    A spate of green bond issuance ahead of COP21 led the market to break previous records, finishing the year at more than $40 billion.