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  • Green bonds round-up, 18 July 2018

    18 July 2018

    Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first time, with a €750 million ($872 million) offering maturing in July 2023.

  • Companies report on SDGs but do not set specific targets, KPMG says

    02 March 2018

    More companies are reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but very few of them have set specific business performance targets related to them, a study by KPMG has found.

  • India, Paris and EIB add $2bn to green bond market

    03 July 2017

    The European Investment Bank (EIB), has issued a €1 billion ($1.124 billion) Climate Awareness Bond maturing in 2047.

  • EF BRIEFS: LGX, Responsible Investing, RGGI

    18 May 2017

    The Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX), the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's (LuxSE) green bond listing service, has opened a window dedicated to social and sustainable bonds.

  • Green bonds round up, 22 March 2017

    22 March 2017

    French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.

  • PiP acquires 30MW of solar farms

    13 February 2017

    The Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF), managed by the UK's Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP), has acquired six solar farms in the country, representing 30MW, from Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar for an undisclosed amount.

  • 50 shades of green bonds - and 50 ways of assessing them

    29 December 2016

    Ratings agencies have weighed into the green bond market in the past year, adding to the raft of existing tools for assessing bonds. Where is this increasingly crowded marketplace heading, asks Peter Cripps

  • PwC becomes Climate Bonds Standard verifier

    10 October 2016

    PwC has become the third of the 'Big four' accountancy firms to become a Climate Bonds Standard verifier. EY and KPMG had signed up earlier this year. Deloitte has yet to back the initiative.

  • EIB extends green bond yield curve and boosts reporting

    29 September 2016

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has continued its pioneering role in the green bond market by extending its euro yield curve to 21 years and publishing an 'independent reasonable assurance report' on its Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) programme.

  • NTPC prices first ever corporate green 'Masala' bond

    04 August 2016

    India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) has priced the first ever green 'Masala' bond from a corporate issuer, raising INR20 billion ($370 million).