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  • Gold Standard and AkzoNobel issue first carbon credits

    25 February 2016

    Chemicals 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.

  • Advanced Topics in Green Bonds: Minimising Risks

    22 February 2016

    There are numerous risks that investors need to be aware of when buying green bonds, argues Philip Ludvigsen

  • Munifin set to issue €500m green bond in Q3

    17 February 2016

    Finnish public sector lender, Municipality Finance (Munifin), is set to issue its inaugural green bond, aiming to raise some €500 million ($557.9 million).

  • Cicero ends second opinion exclusivity deal with SEB and HSBC

    12 February 2016

    The 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.

  • Kommuninvest says planned green bond will be 'first of many'

    12 February 2016

    Swedish 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.

  • Kexim prices second green bond

    03 February 2016

    The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has issued an almost three-times oversubscribed $400 million green bond.

  • Province of Ontario prices second green bond

    26 January 2016

    The Canadian province of Ontario has priced a C$750 million ($523 million) green bond.

  • Dutch bank eyes return to the green bond market

    20 January 2016

    A Dutch public sector bank is gearing up to return to the green bond in the coming months, Environmental Finance has learnt.

  • Moody's announces green bond assessment criteria

    14 January 2016

    Moody'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.

  • NIB issues SEK1bn green bond

    13 January 2016

    The 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.