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Boralex seals €136 million deal to build five French wind farms
01 March 2018Canadian renewables firm Boralex has attracted €136 million ($166 million) of financing to construct five wind farms in France, which have a combined output capacity of 112MW.
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Belgium plans to grow sovereign green bond to €10bn
28 February 2018A €4.5 billion ($5.5 billion) sovereign green bond issued by Belgium this week is expected to grow to a size of about €10 billion within four years, the Belgian Debt Agency said.
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Danone 'paves the way' for linking ESG with traditional financing
21 February 2018An agreement to link Danone's €2 billion ($2.5 billion) syndicated credit facility with environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria has been hailed as "the future of banking".
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Belgian green bond eyes more than €3bn as framework is unveiled
09 February 2018Belgium's much anticipated green bond issue is expected to raise more than €3 billion ($3.68 billion) and proceeds will be used for investments in five sectors.
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Green bond round-up, 07 February 2018
07 February 2018Belgium is expected to commence a series of meetings with investors tomorrow as it officially revealed its intention to issue a green bond "in the near future".
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BNP plans to double renewables financing by 2020
07 February 2018BNP Paribas aims to double its annual financing of renewable energy projects to €15 billion ($18.5 billion) in 2020 from €7.2 billion in 2015 and to remain among the top three underwriters of euro-denominated green bonds this year.
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Crédit Agricole becomes leading green bond underwriter
29 January 2018Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CACIB) has seized the title of leading underwriter in the green bond market for 2017, after knocking its American rival Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) off the top spot.
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On the search for sovereigns
05 January 2018The next growth spurt for the green bond market could come from sovereigns, reports Michael Hurley
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Engie and CA Assurances team up to buy 500MW of renewables projects
28 December 2017Insurer Credit Agricole Assurances and French utility Engie will jointly purchase about 500MW of renewables projects in 2018, the companies said in a statement.
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Nigeria to issue $30m sovereign green bond, Belgium waits in wings
13 December 2017Nigeria plans to issue a 10.69 billion naira ($30 million) green bond next week, and become the first African sovereign issuer.