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China green guidelines promote verification services for first time
12 March 2019The publication of China’s first nationally unified guidelines on green finance could herald the rise of a new breed of green services, according to a Hong Kong-based consultancy.
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China’s NDRC includes ‘clean coal’ in new green guidelines
08 March 2019The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China has indicated that it deems ‘clean coal’ projects as eligible to receive funding under new guidelines on green finance.
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$10bn of green, social and sustainability bonds issued in a week
23 November 2018A surge of activity has boosted the green, social and sustainability bond market, with $10.1 billion of issuance in the space of week.
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Green bond round-up, 21 Nov
21 November 2018US real estate company Boston Properties has raised $1 billion from its inaugural green bond.
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Green bonds round-up, 3 October 2018
03 October 2018Getlink said its inaugural green bond had been "comfortably oversubscribed", helping it raise €550 million ($635 million) rather than the €500 million originally envisaged.
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Global Climate Action Summit - three key takeaways
18 September 2018Last week's Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in California saw CEOs, investors, political leaders and celebrities step up global action on climate change. Paul Simpson looks at three of the hottest topics
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Bearing the standard for green bond growth
24 August 2018As the green bond market has grown, a plethora of national and regional standards has sprung up. What do they bring to the market and are they necessary, ask Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps
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HSBC is top underwriter of sustainability bonds in H1
18 July 2018HSBC was the biggest underwriter of sustainability bonds in the first half of 2018, according to figures from Environmental Finance.
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BAML regains top green underwriter spot, as US market 'reawakens'
13 July 2018Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has regained the title of leading underwriter in the green bond market, helped by a "reawakening" of the US corporate market.
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Economic case for ESG investing is valid, says Swiss Re
26 June 2018Insurance giant Swiss Re, which in July 2017 committed to using benchmarks based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, rather than market-capitalisation, has concluded that "the economic case for ESG investing is a valid one."