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Green bond round-up: Société du Grand Paris, Duke Energy, ReNew Power, Kommuninvest, World Bank, Santa Fe

Nordic issuers encourage use of SDGs in impact reporting

Issuers of green bonds should use their impact reports to show how their investments support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), say a group of 10 Nordic public sector borrowers.

Green bonds round-up, 17 October 2018

German commercial bank Berlin Hyp has raised €500 million ($578 million) from its third green Pfandbrief. This takes the total green debt issued by the bank to €3 billion.

Green bond round-up, 16 May

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

Green bond round-up, 25 April

More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

Green bond issuance for cities climbs more than half in 2017

Green bonds issued to fund climate-smart cities grew to $10 billion in the first half of 2017, a rise of 61% on the same period in 2016, according to a report.

Green bond round-up, 17 May 2017

German mortgage lender Berlin Hyp is set to return to the green bond market with its second euro-denominated covered green bond.

Kommuninvest green bonds help avoid 420,000 tonnes of CO2

Renewable energy projects financed by Kommuninvest's green bonds have generated 1.7TWh of electricity, avoiding 395,730 tonnes in annual carbon dioxide emissions, according its first impact report.

Folksam raises green bond investment limit

Swedish insurance and pension provider Folksam has raised its green bond investment limit to SEK12 billion ($1.3 billion) having already invested SEK7 billion in the asset class.

Green Bonds Round Up - 18 January 17

Danish public sector lender KommuneKredit is gearing up to launch a benchmark-sized euro-denominated green bond in the second quarter of this year.