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  • Small changes in legislation 'could boost green economy'

    10 October 2013

    Relatively minor changes in legislation, in just a few jurisdictions, could have a major impact on the green economy, claims Nick Silver, managing director of the Climate Bonds Initiative.

  • JP Morgan, BoAML, Goldman Sachs 'most active' green bond underwriters

    26 September 2013

    JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) and Goldman Sachs are the most active underwriters of environmental bonds, a new league table has revealed.

  • EBRD planning $250m green bond

    10 September 2013

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to issue a $250 million 'environmental sustainability' bond.

  • Climate Bonds Initiative launches solar bond standards

    16 August 2013

    The Climate Bonds Initiative has released standards for solar bonds, in a move hoped to attract more investors to the green bond market.

  • Innovative financing needed to scale up clean energy – report

    08 August 2013

    New financing methods are required to scale up the clean energy sector, given the current environment of declining government support and tight bank lending, according to a report released today.

  • MidAmerican increases bond issue to $1bn, reports say

    24 June 2013

    Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy has issued a $1 billion bond to finance a solar project in California, according to reports, substantially more than it had planned to raise.

  • Can green bonds go mainstream?

    20 June 2013

    The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell

  • Green bond issuance up by a quarter - report

    14 June 2013

    The value of green bonds issued rose 25% in 2012 compared with the previous year, according to a report that expects the market to continue scaling up.