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  • ERG issues €100m bond to support renewables investment

    13 July 2017

    Italian energy utility ERG has issued a €100 million ($114 million) bond to finance investments in renewables, as well as refinance its hydroelectric plants.

  • Green bond round-up, 12 July 2017

    12 July 2017

    SNCF Reseau, the national society of French railways, has issued its third green bond, raising €750 million ($856 million).

  • Green bond comment: New issues rise 36% in H1

    05 July 2017

    A 36% increase in new issues in the first six months of this year, combined with further signs of maturity in the market, suggest green bonds are entering their second decade in good health.

  • Spain's ICO issues third social bond

    04 July 2017

    Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned Spanish bank, has issued what it claims is the first benchmark-size social bond since the launch of the Social Bond Principles.

  • India, Paris and EIB add $2bn to green bond market

    03 July 2017

    The European Investment Bank (EIB), has issued a €1 billion ($1.124 billion) Climate Awareness Bond maturing in 2047.

  • Green bond round-up, 28 June 2017

    28 June 2017

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to issue its fourth green bond this year, hoping to raise $500 million, which will make it the largest municipal issuer in the world.

  • Green bond round-up, 7 June

    07 June 2017

    Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) affordable housing bond, its first in the social bond market.

  • Asset owners and investors call for more Mexican green bonds

    05 June 2017

    A group of 57 leading asset owners and fund managers in Mexico have called on the government to take action to develop the local green bond market.

  • Credit Agricole, BNP and Natixis fund world's largest solar project

    25 May 2017

    The world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) project, at 1.2GW when operational, has received $900 million in funding including loans from Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Natixis as part of a banking syndicate.

  • KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party

    24 May 2017

    Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.