Archive

  • IFC and Yes Bank issue green rupee bonds to fund Indian renewables [UPDATED]

    04 August 2015

    Yes Bank has issued its second green bond, primarily to finance renewable energy projects in India.

  • Banking sector needs 'radically different approach' to sustainability, says KPMG

    30 June 2015

    The European banking sector must adopt a "radically different approach" to sustainability, KPMG has warned.

  • Second opinions won't ensure integrity of green bonds, says KPMG

    14 April 2015

    Investors 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.

  • A range of opinions

    13 April 2015

    Second-party opinion providers are becoming increasingly important to the green bond market. Sophie Robinson Tillett takes a look at the different providers

  • People moves

    18 March 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at BlackRock, SolarCity and SunEdison

  • Yes Bank raises twice as much as hoped through high-yielding green bond

    03 March 2015

    Yes Bank has raised INR10 billion ($161.2 million) through issuing India's first green bond, raising doubling its original target.

  • Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign

    02 March 2015

    Santander 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.

  • Wave energy firm Pelamis sinks into administration

    24 November 2014

    Pelamis Wave Power has been placed into administration, marking "a big setback in the mission to learn how to harvest energy from the sea".

  • Oekom approved as verifier of climate bonds

    03 November 2014

    Oekom Research, a specialist German rating agency, has been approved as a verifier of green bonds by the Climate Bond Standards Board.

  • Trucost to enter green bond market

    30 October 2014

    Environmental data firm Trucost is set to join the growing throng of verifiers servicing the rapidly expanding green bond market.