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Green bonds turn social
01 June 2016With a slew of 'sustainability' bonds coming to market in recent weeks, Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at what the trend – and an imminent set of Social Bond Principles – means for the green bond market
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Emerging markets green bond sees dramatic price tightening
29 April 2016A benchmark-sized emerging market green bond saw its pricing tighten dramatically after receiving orders for five times the amount issued.
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Green Bond Principles to be widened to cover social bonds
09 March 2016A working group formed under the Green Bond Principles is creating a sister set of guidelines for the social bond market, due to be launched later this year.
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New fund could mobilise up to $100m for clean energy in developing countries
07 December 2015The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has kick-started a fund to finance low-carbon energy assets in developing countries, which it says could leverage more than $100 million.
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Banking climate principles to be launched next week
03 December 2015A new set of climate changes principles for the banking industry are set to be launched on Monday, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Development banks issue updated guide to help green bond issuers with impact reporting
02 December 2015A group of development banks has published updated impact reporting guidelines for green bond issuers, saying that the market is the "litmus test" for wider climate finance.
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IADB plans green bonds for energy efficiency projects in Latin America
11 November 2015The $217 million allocated by the UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) to green bonds for energy efficiency projects in Latin America, will contribute to two asset-backed securitisation programmes planned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).
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GCF gets go-ahead for $168m investment in eight initial projects
09 November 2015The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been given the green light to allocate $168 million to its first eight projects, in a move it expects will result in $1.3 billion of total investment by 2020.
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Green bond comment, October
28 October 2015A series of chunky issues have provided a welcome boost the green bond market in recent weeks.
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'One fifth of new bonds could be labelled green by 2020' says SEB's Flensborg
28 October 2015Green bond pioneer Christopher Flensborg has predicted that the asset class will account for up to a fifth of all bond issuance between now and the end of the decade.