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  • Some discussions should be public

    15 April 2015

    In the coming months, we will see increasing numbers of debates and discussions about the question of 'what is green?'.

  • Unilever's green bond: a difference of opinions

    15 April 2015

    In the year since its launch, Unilever's green bond has divided opinion and been omitted from the Barclays MSCI green bond index. Here, leading figures from the two sides of the debate outline their thinking.

  • A range of opinions

    13 April 2015

    Second-party opinion providers are becoming increasingly important to the green bond market. Sophie Robinson Tillett takes a look at the different providers

  • Voting opens for the Annual Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings

    01 April 2015

    For the sixth year, Environmental Finance is conducting its annual rankings of the voluntary carbon markets. The survey, which opens today, is asking for views on the leading project developers, traders, wholesalers, advisors, verifiers and other service providers in the space.

  • Swedish property firm issues green bond for renewable energy

    19 March 2015

    Swedish property firm Wallenstam has issued a SEK500 million ($58 million) green bond to support its renewable energy operations.

  • DNB issues first green bond from Nordic commercial bank

    16 February 2015

    DNB, one of Norway's leading commercial banks, has issued the first green bond by a commercial bank in the Nordic region.

  • Oslo stock exchange publishes first green bond list

    03 February 2015

    The Oslo stock exchange has become the first exchange to publish a listing of green bond issues.

  • Vardar is latest utility to enter green bond market

    06 January 2015

    A Scandinavian utility has issued its first green bond, raising NOK300 million ($39.3 million).

  • Norway's NTE issues NOK750m green bond to refinance hydro plants [UPDATED]

    06 November 2014

    Power generating company Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE) has issued Norway's second corporate green bond – a NOK750 million ($110 million) issue that was oversubscribed in two hours.

  • Trucost to enter green bond market

    30 October 2014

    Environmental data firm Trucost is set to join the growing throng of verifiers servicing the rapidly expanding green bond market.