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JP Morgan launches high-yield corporate ESG bond index

JP Morgan has created an environmental, social and governance (ESG) tilted, high-yield corporate bond index.

Investa and ANZ seal first Australian corporate green loan

ANZ has arranged a green loan worth AUD170 million ($122 million) with real estate company Investa, which claims it is the first such loan in Australia.

Green bond round-up, 10 October 2018

Financial centres set out principles for sustainability taxonomies

The International Network of Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) has set out ten principles that sustainability taxonomies should meet to avoid increasing transaction costs for financial institutions and to avoid policy confusion.

EIB and World Bank join forces to boost green bond market

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and World Bank, issuers of the first green bonds in 2007 and 2008 respectively, plan to work together to help more companies, municipalities and other sub-national issuers bring such bonds to market.

Green bonds round-up, 5 September 2018

German real estate bank, Deutsche Hypothekenbank, has issued its second €500 million ($580 million) green Pfandbrief.

Bearing the standard for green bond growth

As the green bond market has grown, a plethora of national and regional standards has sprung up. What do they bring to the market and are they necessary, ask Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps

Green bond round-up, 15 August 2018

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to return to the green bond market with its eighth issue, and its first of 2018.

Green bonds round-up, 18 July 2018

Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first time, with a €750 million ($872 million) offering maturing in July 2023.

The anatomy of a taxonomy

The European Commission has a highly ambitious target - to develop a taxonomy to define what is green and act as a compass for sustainable finance. But there's a long and rocky road ahead for this controversial initiative, find Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps