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CBI and WBCSD partner on corporate green bonds
29 February 2016Two sustainable business and finance initiatives have joined forces in a bid to boost the corporate green bond market.
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Indian renewables firm launches INR3bn green bond
09 February 2016Hero Future Energies has commenced the sale of the first green notes under India's new green bond standards.
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GBPs 'are not evolving into standards'
08 February 2016The body overseeing the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) has denied rumours that signatories are exploring the possibility of developing a set of standards, although it has emerged that five working groups have been set up to help guide their evolution.
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New York MTA issues $500m 'certified' green bond
03 February 2016New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is to issue a green bond certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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Green bond market ends 2015 on a high as it breaks records
06 January 2016A spate of green bond issuance ahead of COP21 led the market to break previous records, finishing the year at more than $40 billion.
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Development banks issue updated guide to help green bond issuers with impact reporting
02 December 2015A group of development banks has published updated impact reporting guidelines for green bond issuers, saying that the market is the "litmus test" for wider climate finance.
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Green bond comment, November
25 November 2015Mounting anticipation of tougher international action on climate change at the UN meeting in Paris, has brought an Indian summer to the green bond market, says Graham Cooper
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HSBC pledges $1bn to green bond market
12 November 2015HSBC has stepped up its commitment to the green bond market, pledging to buy $1 billion of notes.
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Green bond issues surpass 2014 total to set new record
11 November 2015The green bond market has edged past last year's record issuance with almost $36.7 billion of new issues so far this year, and more believed to be on the way.
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EF BRIEFS: Downing, Lekela, Recurrent Energy, Enbridge, Climate Bonds Initiative, GRI, Global CCS Institute, IETA
06 November 2015London-based investment firm Downing will invest £20 million ($30 million) in biomass projects as part of a joint venture with developer Strand Energy.