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IFC and Yes Bank issue green rupee bonds to fund Indian renewables [UPDATED]
04 August 2015Yes Bank has issued its second green bond, primarily to finance renewable energy projects in India.
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Banking sector needs 'radically different approach' to sustainability, says KPMG
30 June 2015The European banking sector must adopt a "radically different approach" to sustainability, KPMG has warned.
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Second opinions won't ensure integrity of green bonds, says KPMG
14 April 2015Investors need to push for greater transparency in the green bond market, according to experts at KPMG, who say second opinions are not sufficient to ensure market integrity.
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A range of opinions
13 April 2015Second-party opinion providers are becoming increasingly important to the green bond market. Sophie Robinson Tillett takes a look at the different providers
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People moves
18 March 2015A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at BlackRock, SolarCity and SunEdison
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Yes Bank raises twice as much as hoped through high-yielding green bond
03 March 2015Yes Bank has raised INR10 billion ($161.2 million) through issuing India's first green bond, raising doubling its original target.
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Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign
02 March 2015Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International (April) after Greenpeace launched a campaign criticising it for logging Indonesian forests.
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Wave energy firm Pelamis sinks into administration
24 November 2014Pelamis Wave Power has been placed into administration, marking "a big setback in the mission to learn how to harvest energy from the sea".
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Oekom approved as verifier of climate bonds
03 November 2014Oekom Research, a specialist German rating agency, has been approved as a verifier of green bonds by the Climate Bond Standards Board.
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Trucost to enter green bond market
30 October 2014Environmental data firm Trucost is set to join the growing throng of verifiers servicing the rapidly expanding green bond market.