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  • Most ASEAN banks still financing coal power and deforestation, says WWF

    21 August 2019

    The vast majority of banks in south-east Asia are still financing ‘unsustainable’ activities such as coal-fired power and deforestation, says WWF.

  • Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon

    17 April 2019

    La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).

  • Green Bonds round-up, 28 November

    28 November 2018

    France's state-owned postal company La Poste saw its inaugural €500 million ($564 million) green bond attract orders amounting to more than €2.1 billion.

  • Green bonds round-up, 31 Oct 2018

    31 October 2018

    German utility EnBW has raised €500 million ($573 million) from its inaugural issue on the green bond market.

  • Standard Chartered to cease financing new coal-fired power stations

    25 September 2018

    Standard Chartered has announced that it will stop financing any new coal-fired power projects, in any location, as part of its commitment to support the Paris Agreement on climate change.

  • Bearing the standard for green bond growth

    24 August 2018

    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

  • Singapore banks come under fire for coal lending

    13 July 2018

    Singapore-based banks DBS and OCBC have been criticised by local NGOs for reportedly planning to finance a coal power plant in the region.

  • Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference

    15 June 2018

    Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference saw the agreement of a deal that could help drive growth in the region, writes Michael Hurley.

  • Olam secures Asia's first sustainability-linked club loan facility

    26 March 2018

    Agri business Olam has signed a three-year sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, aggregating $500 million of loans.

  • Winning the race for Asia's green capital

    23 November 2017

    Several Asian capitals have announced a variety of plans to attract 'green finance' to the region. What's needed now is a green investment bank in Hong Kong, argues Alexandra Tracy.