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SDGs and repeat issuers will boost green bond market, says Moody's

Growing use of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by investors and bond issuers, coupled with a growing number of repeat issuers, will help drive future growth of the green bond market, said Moody's Investors Service.

Green bonds round-up, 31 Oct 2018

German utility EnBW has raised €500 million ($573 million) from its inaugural issue on the green bond market.

Green bonds round-up - 24 Oct - 17 new deals

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.

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, 10 October 2018

People Moves: CalPERS, Sustainable Development Capital, IIRC, MSCI and Innergex

Jason Perez has joined California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) board of administration, ousting ESG advocate Priya Mathur.

Green bonds round-up, 3 October 2018

Getlink said its inaugural green bond had been "comfortably oversubscribed", helping it raise €550 million ($635 million) rather than the €500 million originally envisaged.

$517 billion in rated debt exposed to immediate environmental credit risk, says Moody's

Unregulated utilities and power companies as well as coal mining and coal terminals—which have $517 billion in rated debt—have "very high" exposure to carbon regulation resulting in "immediate" environmental credit risk, said Moody's.

Moody's devises methodology for assessing ESG credit risk

Moody's Investors Service has called for feedback on its proposed cross-sector methodology that describes the company's general principles for assessing environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in its credit analysis globally.

Bank loans for green project finance have lower default risk than non-green, finds Moody's

Project finance bank loans for green use-of-proceeds projects demonstrate a lower risk of default compared with non-green projects, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.