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EF BRIEFS: Washington State, NextEnergy, Entra, Societe Generale, Los Angeles
21 September 2016Washington state's long-awaited carbon market will begin next year, the state's Department of Ecology has confirmed.
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S&P Global Ratings develops green bond and ESG assessment tools
09 September 2016S&P Global Ratings is developing a green bond evaluation tool, making it the latest in a series of players to launch a product to help investors quantify the green credentials of an issue.
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MuniFin gives better rates for green loans
06 September 2016Finnish public sector lender Municipality Finance (MuniFin) has said it is providing cheaper loans for green projects in a bid to build a loan book to issue a green bond against.
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Swedish property company returns to green bond market
25 August 2016A subsidiary of Swedish real estate group Fabege has returned to the market with is second green bond, raising SEK460 million ($55 million).
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ADB prices $1.3bn green bond
10 August 2016The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has priced a dual-tranche, dollar-denominated green bond, raising $1.3 billion.
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EF BRIEFS: Gaelectric, ADB, JLEN
08 August 2016Gaelectric has secured a €38 million ($42 million) financing package from Allied Irish Bank for the construction of two Irish wind farms.
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SBAB sees price tightening on first Swedish bank green bond
17 June 2016SBAB Bank has priced a SEK2 billion ($239 million) green bond, making it the first Swedish commercial bank to tap the market.
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Second Swedish issuer launches forestry green bond
01 June 2016Södra, Sweden's largest forest-owner association, has launched Sweden's second forestry green bond.
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EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP
23 May 2016The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
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Second opinion provider publishes thoughts on best practice
11 May 2016A provider of second opinions on many green bonds has published its thoughts on best practice for issuers.