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  • HSBC expects up to $180bn of green bonds in 2018

    08 November 2017

    HSBC predicts green bond supply to reach as much as $180 billion next year, up from the bank's projected sum of $125 billion for 2017.

  • UK joins the push for green standards

    03 November 2017

    The UK's climate change minister has hinted that the UK may consider issuing a green bond - once standard definitions of sustainable and green finance have been drawn up.

  • Green bonds round-up, 18 October 2017

    18 October 2017

    Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank, has issued a green bond with a value of about $2.15 billion.

  • Green bond round-up, 11 October 2017

    11 October 2017

    Fiji looking at green bonds, says economy minister Fiji is considering using green bonds to help boost the country's renewable energy resources, according to a senior minister quoted in the local press.

  • Brazil poised for more green bonds

    03 October 2017

    Several more green bonds from Brazilian issuers are imminent, market insiders say.

  • Green bond comment: Back to work!

    06 September 2017

    The summer holiday is over for the green bond market.

  • Indian bank 'planning $3bn green bond issue'

    04 September 2017

    State Bank of India, the country's largest commercial bank, is planning to raise up to $3 billion from a green bond issue, according to local press reports.

  • Contact Energy launches $1.3b green borrowing initiative

    14 August 2017

    New Zealand utility Contact Energy has created a 'green borrowing programme' to provide NZ$1.8 billion ($1.3 billion) of funding for renewables projects.

  • Chinese firm issues RMB1bn green bond for clean coal plant

    07 August 2017

    A RMB1 billion ($150 million) bond to boost the efficiency of a 2GW coal-fired power plant in China has been labelled 'green' by the issuer.

  • Jury out on green bond pricing benefits, says CBI

    07 August 2017

    A study of recently issued green bonds reveals no conclusive evidence that, when issued, they are priced significantly different from their vanilla equivalents.