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Green bonds turn social
01 June 2016With a slew of 'sustainability' bonds coming to market in recent weeks, Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at what the trend – and an imminent set of Social Bond Principles – means for the green bond market
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NWB Bank prices $1bn, 10-year green bond
21 March 2016Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has returned to the green bond market, after pricing its first dollar-denominated transaction.
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Green Bond Principles to be widened to cover social bonds
09 March 2016A working group formed under the Green Bond Principles is creating a sister set of guidelines for the social bond market, due to be launched later this year.
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Mexico's development bank's green bond five times oversubscribed
04 November 2015Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera (Nafin), has become the first Latin American development bank to tap the green bond market, with a five-times oversubscribed $500 million issue.
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Mexican development bank eyes $500m green bond issue
23 October 2015Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera, is readying itself to issue a $500 million green bond.
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UK asset manager accuses PRI of 'losing its way'
14 September 2015The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has been accused of having "lost its way" by an asset manager hoping to join the organisation's board.
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Call to strengthen Green Bond Principles
10 April 2014The Green Bond Principles should be strengthened to help boost the credibility of the fledgling market, an NGO has claimed.
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EIB launches its first green Samurai bond
18 March 2014The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a ¥5 billion ($49.3m) Climate Awareness Bond (CAB), believed to be the first ever green bond in 'Samurai' format.
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Banks back new transparency guidelines for green bond market
13 January 2014A coalition of 13 major investment banks has backed a set of voluntary principles intended to encourage transparency and integrity in the fast-growing green bonds market.