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  • Utility returns to green bond market, with benchmark issue

    15 April 2016

    A utility has returned to the green bond market, after pricing €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of notes, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Green bond market sees third 10-year dollar issue of 2016

    07 April 2016

    A $1.5 billion green bond issued by the European Investment Bank (EIB) has made it the third issuer this year to tap the market with a 10-year, dollar-denominated issue.

  • EIB reaffirms commitment to developing the green bond market

    05 April 2016

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) remains firmly committed to "improving the financial attractiveness" of the green bond market, says Bertrand de Mazières, the bank's director general of finance.

  • Mirova and EIB take 90% stake in Swedish wind project

    07 March 2016

    Mirova has teamed up with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to acquire an onshore wind farm in Sweden for €28.6 million ($30 million).

  • Green Bond comment - February

    24 February 2016

    Could Apple's $1.5bn green bond be a game changer for corporate issuance?

  • EF BRIEFS: EIB, Luxcara, International Integrated Reporting Council

    17 February 2016

    German asset management firm Luxcara plans to launch a new European renewable energy fund before the end of the year.

  • Actiam narrowly misses €1bn green bond pledge

    08 February 2016

    Actiam has fallen 10% short of its pledge to buy €1 billion ($1.08 billion) of green bonds by the end of 2015, but believes it will hit the target in coming weeks.

  • EIB issues SEK1bn green bond

    13 January 2016

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a five-year SEK1 billion ($117.3 million) green bond, its second of the year.

  • Green bond market ends 2015 on a high as it breaks records

    06 January 2016

    A spate of green bond issuance ahead of COP21 led the market to break previous records, finishing the year at more than $40 billion.

  • EIB issues its first green bond of 2016

    06 January 2016

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) got the green bond market to a flying start issuing €500 million ($536 million) notes.