Archive

  • Green bond comment: New issues rise 36% in H1

    05 July 2017

    A 36% increase in new issues in the first six months of this year, combined with further signs of maturity in the market, suggest green bonds are entering their second decade in good health.

  • Green bond round-up, 7 June

    07 June 2017

    Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) affordable housing bond, its first in the social bond market.

  • KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party

    24 May 2017

    Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.

  • Green bond roundup - 29 March 2017

    29 March 2017

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has issued a AUD650 million ($495 million) green bond, its inaugural offering.

  • Engie issues second green bond

    15 March 2017

    French utility Engie has issued a two tranche €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) green bond.

  • People moves: Inrate, Natural Power, Crédit Agricole

    06 March 2017

    Swiss sustainability rating agency Inrate has appointed Beat Zaugg and Lotte Knuckles to its board, bringing the total number of board members at the company to four.

  • NRW prepares to issue record-breaking sustainability bond

    27 February 2017

    The German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is gearing up to issue the biggest sustainability bond on the market, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Train leasing company in world first green bond certification

    18 January 2017

    Luxembourg-based train leasing firm Alpha Trains, has become the first company of its kind to have a private placement bond certified green, after it raised €250 million (€266.5 million) from the US market.

  • Banks making progress on combating climate change

    17 January 2017

    Banks have made considerable progress in addressing climate risks and opportunities in their business practices to align with a 2°C global warming target, but it is still not enough, according to a new report.

  • External review of green bonds: lessons learned

    14 October 2016

    When it comes to external reviews, the green bond market could learn from the carbon market, argues Phillip Ludvigsen