Archive

  • Rabobank and EIB expand 'impact loan' programme to €600m

    31 July 2018

    Rabobank is to make an additional €250 million ($293 million) available to 'environment-conscious' companies in the Netherlands, in the form of 'impact loans' with preferential interest rates.

  • Lessons from the Nordics

    19 July 2018

    The Nordic countries are in the vanguard of the green bond market, leading the march in areas such as impact reporting. Michael Hurley asks what lessons the rest of the world can learn

  • People moves: Nordic Investment Bank, Macquarie Capital, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, GWEC and EIB

    22 June 2018
  • Actiam New Member of the ICMA Executive Committee

    19 June 2018

    The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) announced Foppe-Jan van der Meij of Actiam as its new member of the Executive Committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBP) at the annual meeting on 14 June 2018.

  • Green bond round-up, 25 May 2018

    25 May 2018

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT successfully launched its eighth green bond, raising €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • IADB leads MDB top-performers, E3G report finds

    10 May 2018

    The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) is one of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) leading the way in supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy, according to a report from E3G.

  • Irish sustainable forestry fund completes €30m first close

    27 April 2018

    A sustainable forestry investment fund has raised about €30 million ($36 million) at first close.

  • An action plan for sustainable finance

    27 April 2018

    The European Commission in March launched an ambitious action plan it hopes will catapult the European Union (EU) into the position of global leader for sustainable finance. Nick Roumpis reports

  • Aldo Romani named Personality of the Year in Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards

    29 March 2018

    Personality of the year - Aldo Romani

  • UK urged to issue sovereign green bond to plug EIB, GIB funding hole

    13 March 2018

    The UK Government was urged to issue a sovereign green bond to help plug gaps in funding left by the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), according to Aldersgate Group.