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Green bond round-up, 9 January 2019
09 January 2019The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued its first EUR-denominated green bond, worth €600 million ($684 million).
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Green bond market breaks half-a-trillion-dollar barrier
13 November 2018Total 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.
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Green bonds round-up - 24 Oct - 17 new deals
24 October 2018Royal 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.
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Development banks eye private capital to tackle plastics pollution
15 October 2018The 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.
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Sustainable finance has yet to be fully integrated in Germany's banks, says report
28 August 2018While 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.
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KfW calculates impact of recent green bond issues
23 July 2018German 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.
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Actiam New Member of the ICMA Executive Committee
19 June 2018The 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.
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Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced
13 June 2018The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.
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Green bond round-up, 16 May
16 May 2018The African Development Bank (AfDB) has priced its second social bond to help finance socio-economic development on the continent.
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Green share of KfW funding rises more than 33% since 2010
05 February 2018KfW's support for green projects has risen sharply in recent years, reaching 43% of its financing in 2017, up from 31% in 2010, the development bank said in its annual review.