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  • Water green bond issues break $10bn barrier

    14 October 2016

    More than $10 billion has been raised by green bonds to be spent exclusively on water-related projects, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Canadian government urged to support green bond market

    04 October 2016

    The Canadian government should act to boost the country's modest green bond market, which has grown less quickly than expected in recent years, according to the Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI), a local lobby group.

  • Who will win the race to become the green financial capital of the world?

    19 September 2016

    Financial centres across the globe are vying to place themselves at the heart of the emerging, low-carbon, resource-resilient economy, reports Hamza Ali

  • Helping cities in developing countries benefit from the green bond market

    05 September 2016

    There are numerous ways in which cities in the 'global South' can tap into the green bond market, argues Padraig Oliver

  • Show me the green money!

    22 August 2016

    Issuers of green bonds are increasingly seeking 'green investors'. But how to define a green investor, and why target them, asks Hamza Ali

  • Nafin to issue LatAm's first green bond in domestic currency

    22 August 2016

    Mexico's Nacional Financiera (Nafin) is preparing to launch the first green bond from Latin America in a local currency, aiming raise $110 million.

  • Moody's issues first GBA of a US 'muni' bond

    11 August 2016

    Moody's has issued its first Green Bond Assessment (GBA) of a US municipal green bond.

  • Green bond comment - July 2016

    27 July 2016

    The green bond market is flying high this year, with the value of new issues already greater than seen in the whole of 2015 and demand expected to grow. But concerns remain about the mix of issuers, says Graham Cooper

  • Green bond issuance outstrips 2015 total

    25 July 2016

    Issuance of labelled green bonds this year has already surpassed the total recorded in 2015, thanks to two more large bonds from Chinese banks.

  • China issues $6bn of green bonds in one week

    25 July 2016

    Three Chinese issuers came to the market with CNY40.25 billion ($6.03 billion) of domestic green bonds last week, continuing a strong year for the country's green bond market.