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BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market, with a €750 million ($850 million) transaction.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued its first EUR-denominated green bond, worth €600 million ($684 million).

Total green bond issuance has smashed through the $500 billion barrier, marking a significant milestone for the 11-year-old market, data from Environmental Finance’s database reveals.

Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, has priced a green bond worth €500 million ($576 million), making it the first European airport to issue green-labelled notes.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) and Germany’s KfW are joining forces to support an initiative that they hope will ‘crowd-in’ private capital to reduce plastic pollution of the oceans.

While sustainable finance hasn't reached the core business of Germany's financial institutions, the topic has attracted attention of the majority of its C-suite, a report claims.

German development bank KfW estimates that the €612 million ($715 million) of green paper it issued in the first six months of this year will save about €72 million/year in terms of fuel costs and other environmental and social impacts.

The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) announced Foppe-Jan van der Meij of Actiam as its new member of the Executive Committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBP) at the annual meeting on 14 June 2018.

The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has priced its second social bond to help finance socio-economic development on the continent.