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Gold Standard and AkzoNobel issue first carbon credits
25 February 2016Chemicals giant AkzoNobel and carbon offset specialist Gold Standard have issued the first batch of carbon credits under a landmark scheme for reducing carbon emissions in shipping.
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Advanced Topics in Green Bonds: Minimising Risks
22 February 2016There are numerous risks that investors need to be aware of when buying green bonds, argues Philip Ludvigsen
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Munifin set to issue €500m green bond in Q3
17 February 2016Finnish public sector lender, Municipality Finance (Munifin), is set to issue its inaugural green bond, aiming to raise some €500 million ($557.9 million).
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Cicero ends second opinion exclusivity deal with SEB and HSBC
12 February 2016The Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, (Cicero) hopes to provide second opinion for a greater number of green bond issuers, after ending its exclusivity agreement to work with the clients of SEB and HSBC.
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Kommuninvest says planned green bond will be 'first of many'
12 February 2016Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest hopes to follow its planned inaugural green bond with a second this year, as it continues to build up its green loan book.
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Kexim prices second green bond
03 February 2016The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has issued an almost three-times oversubscribed $400 million green bond.
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Province of Ontario prices second green bond
26 January 2016The Canadian province of Ontario has priced a C$750 million ($523 million) green bond.
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Dutch bank eyes return to the green bond market
20 January 2016A Dutch public sector bank is gearing up to return to the green bond in the coming months, Environmental Finance has learnt.
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Moody's announces green bond assessment criteria
14 January 2016Moody's is set to shake up the market for green bond 'second opinions', after it revealed plans for its own methodology to assess the environmental credentials of issuers.
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NIB issues SEK1bn green bond
13 January 2016The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has become the second Swedish krona issuer to tap the green bond market this week, with SEK1 billion ($117.3 million) worth of notes.