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  • SEK inaugural $500m green bond is first from a European export credit institution

    18 June 2015

    Sweden's Export Credit Institution (SEK) revealed that it has successfully priced its first $500 million green bond.

  • Sweden's Export Credit Agency plans first green bond

    12 June 2015

    The Swedish Export Credit Agency (SEK) is roadshowing its first green bond.

  • TenneT issues €1bn green bond for offshore wind

    29 May 2015

    TenneT has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) green bond, in a deal that was twice oversubscribed.

  • How to help the green bond market grow

    13 May 2015

    The market needs to embrace general purpose bonds from 'pureplay' green companies, as well as allowing non-clean companies to issue green bonds if they are in transition to a greener business model, argues Ulrik Ross

  • Body behind Dutch/German grid launches 'multi-billion' green bond programme

    13 May 2015

    Dutch energy body TenneT has launched a green bond programme, which it says could be "a multi-billion euro green investment opportunity".

  • Paris climate summit to strengthen green bond market, says HSBC

    12 May 2015

    The rapidly growing green bond market could receive a further boost from a strong climate change agreement in December, a report by HSBC's climate change centre has claimed.

  • Investors are committed to renewables, despite low oil price, says HSBC

    28 April 2015

    Investor interest in renewable energy remains strong, despite the decline in oil and gas prices, say analysts at HSBC.

  • Stranded assets risks are rising, says HSBC

    21 April 2015

    The risk that fossil fuel assets could be rendered 'stranded' is growing, a report has warned.

  • Order book reaches €1bn on FMO's latest Sustainability Bond

    14 April 2015

    Dutch development bank FMO has priced its second €500 million ($534 million) green Sustainability Bond, which attracted more than $1 billion of investor interest.

  • Green bond growth slows in Q1, but players remain bullish

    08 April 2015

    The green bond market saw some $8.7 billion of issues in the first quarter of 2015, meaning its rate of growth has slowed since last year.