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  • Upgrading ESG

    08 March 2017

    Are credit ratings subprime when it comes to integrating ESG risks, asks Hamza Ali

  • Green bond round-up, 1 March 2017

    01 March 2017

    National Australia Bank (NAB) has issued a €500 million ($526 million) green bond, the largest from an Australian issuer.

  • NRW prepares to issue record-breaking sustainability bond

    27 February 2017

    The German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is gearing up to issue the biggest sustainability bond on the market, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Green bond round-up, 22 February 2017

    22 February 2017

    National Australia Bank (NAB) is looking to issue, a euro-denominated green bond, its second offering.

  • No stopping climate action regardless of US policy, says Moody's

    16 February 2017

    Global efforts to reduce carbon emissions will not be affected by a less ambitious US climate policy under Trump, according to Moody's.

  • Green Bond Round Up - 23 January 2017

    23 January 2017

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a SEK3 billion ($337 million) green bond, its first of 2017.

  • A record breaking $93bn of green bonds issued in 2016

    20 January 2017

    The green bond market returned to explosive growth in 2016, as a spurt of activity in China saw the value of issuance more than double to $93 billion.

  • Comment: The Paris Agreement should not be Trumped

    01 January 2017

    After the celebrations sparked by the Paris Agreement in 2015, followed by its earlier-than- expected ratification, Donald Trump has delivered a shock to the system, says Peter Cripps.

  • 50 shades of green bonds - and 50 ways of assessing them

    29 December 2016

    Ratings agencies have weighed into the green bond market in the past year, adding to the raft of existing tools for assessing bonds. Where is this increasingly crowded marketplace heading, asks Peter Cripps

  • Green bond round up

    15 December 2016

    German development bank KfW has confirmed its intention to continue as a major issuer and investor in the green bond market next year.