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Green bond round-up, 19 July 2017
19 July 2017Brookfield Renewable Partners, a Canadian clean energy company, has issued its inaugural green bond, raising $475 milllion.
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Water green bond issues break $10bn barrier
14 October 2016More than $10 billion has been raised by green bonds to be spent exclusively on water-related projects, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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EF BRIEFS: Paris Agreement, Canada, Indianapolis, S&P DJI/Trucost
04 October 2016The European Parliament has voted to ratify the Paris Agreement, edging the landmark treaty closer to implementation.
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US munis tap green bond market for water projects
31 August 2016Indiana Financing Authority (IFA) is set to issue its second green bond of 2016, in the latest in a series of issues from US municipalities for sustainable water projects.
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NTPC mandates four banks for green debut
01 August 2016Indian state-owned utility National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) has mandated four banks to lead manage the country's first offshore rupee green bond.
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Potential emissions from major companies fall, as investor pressure rises
28 July 2016Potential emissions from the reserves of the largest publicly-traded fossil fuel companies have fallen by 15% in the last year, amid mounting pressure from investors, according to a report from Fossil Free Indexes (FFI).
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EF BRIEFS: Pattern Energy, Coal India, Quercus
04 July 2016US yieldco Pattern Energy is to buy the 324MW Broadview wind power facility in New Mexico and an associated 35 mile transmission line from Pattern Development, its main shareholder, for $269 million.
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India gears up for green bond frenzy
01 July 2016India is set to become a major player in the green bonds market after a flurry of organisations announced plans to tap the market in coming months.
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Green bonds in Asia - the challenges and opportunities
27 June 2016The take-up of green bonds in Asia has been frustratingly slow, and there is no sign yet that companies are embracing the asset class en masse, argues Vicky Münzer-Jones
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HSBC recommends offshore dollar-denominated Chinese green bonds
10 May 2016Offshore dollar-denominated green bonds from Chinese issuers are an attractive sector of the green bond market at present, according to HSBC analysts.