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  • ESG in Fixed Income, featuring the Green Bonds Americas conference 2019 - early bird ends this Friday

    01 August 2019

    The fifth annual ESG in Fixed Income, featuring the Green Bonds Americas conference will take place in New York on 17 September.

  • Green bond round-up: Spain, Access Bank, San Francisco, Renewable Japan, Hitachi Capital, Queensland Treasury Corporation, LeasePlan, ASICS

    27 February 2019

  • Insurers face potential screening by San Francisco for coal and tar sands involvement

    27 July 2018

    City's supervisors approved resolution urging action to be done

  • US water utility readies world-first ‘puttable’ green bond

    17 July 2018

    The Public Utilities Commission of San Francisco (SFPUC) is preparing to issue what is believed to be the first green bond to incorporate a put option.

  • CBI updates green bond water criteria to accommodate natural capital

    23 May 2018

    Wetlands, watersheds and forests will become an acceptable use of proceeds for Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)-certified green bonds under revised criteria.

  • Green bond round-up, 3 May 2017

    03 May 2017

    Bank of Beijing has issued a RMB15 billion ($2.2 billion) green bond, the largest from a Chinese entity so far this year.

  • First muni green bond since US election

    23 November 2016

    The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is set to issue its third green bond, representing the first issuance by a US municipality since the Presidential elections on 8 November.

  • California's green bond drive gathers pace

    01 September 2016

    A Californian region has launched a $54 million green bond to finance the acquisition of conservation land, marking the fifth green bond out of the state this year.

  • EF BRIEFS: San Francisco water bond, Capital Stage, NextEnergy, Vestas

    20 May 2016

    The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has become the first entity to issue a green bond certified under the Water Climate Bonds Standard, coming to market with a $240 million offering.

  • San Francisco public utility to issue certified green bond

    23 March 2016

    The San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) is gearing up to issue a green bond, which is set to be the first issue from a US municipal certified under a water standard.