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Green Climate Fund criticised by NGOs for accrediting Deutsche Bank
09 July 2015Several NGOs have penned an open letter to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), warning that its decision to appoint Deutsche Bank to handle its funds threatened its credibility on environmental grounds.
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More than $5bn committed to Divest Invest
03 July 2015More than $5 billion has been committed to a campaign to divest from fossil fuel companies and invest the freed up capital in the low-carbon economy.
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400MW German offshore wind project reaches €1.9bn close
30 June 2015The German 400MW offshore wind project Veja Mate has reached a €1.9 billion ($2.1 billion) financial close.
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Gothenburg's third green bond 'heavily oversubscribed'
24 June 2015The City of Gothenburg has this week issued its third green bond.
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Gothenburg names SEB lead bookrunner in third green bond
19 June 2015The City of Gothenburg has mandated SEB as sole lead bookrunner for a six-year SEK-denominated green bond, plans for which were announced by Environmental Finance earlier this year.
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SEK inaugural $500m green bond is first from a European export credit institution
18 June 2015Sweden's Export Credit Institution (SEK) revealed that it has successfully priced its first $500 million green bond.
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ESB Novusmodus and Ludgate exit agritech firm
16 June 2015Two environmentally-themed funds have announced the sale of Lumicity, the agritech energy services provider, to the company's management team and energy giant RWE.
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Green bonds 'can help achieve $100bn climate finance goal'
11 June 2015Green bonds have been named one of the four instruments available to financial institutions to help ramp climate finance up to its $100 billion a year target.
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$214 million green bond launched by Swedish municipality
26 May 2015A Swedish municipality issued its second green bond last week, in a SEK1.8 billion ($214 million) deal.
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Latvian utility to issue 'dark green' bond
26 May 2015A Baltic utility is the latest to announce plans to tap the green bond market.