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AfDB's $500m green bond snapped up by SRI investors, pension funds
11 October 2013The African Development Bank (AfDB) has issued a $500 million climate bond in an oversubscribed transaction which saw socially responsible investors buy most of the bond.
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Europe's biggest tidal current project gets green light
16 September 2013Europe's largest tidal current energy project has been given the go-ahead by the Scottish government.
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EBRD planning $250m green bond
10 September 2013The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to issue a $250 million 'environmental sustainability' bond.
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World Bank issues $550m green bond
12 August 2013The World Bank has returned to the green bond market in a follow-up to its record-breaking $1 billion offering earlier this year.
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Chinese wind giant issues $300m bond
06 August 2013One of China's largest wind power developers has issued a $300 million bond.
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Insurer launches weather risk desk
11 June 2013Bermuda-based insurance firm Axis Capital Holdings has hired two veterans of the weather risk markets to launch its weather and commodity markets desk.
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Burmese opportunities
04 June 2013As Myanmar opens for foreign investment, the opportunity to pursue a sustainable development pathway is within reach – if the climate finance flows can be achieved. Joshua Speckman looks at the opportunities for investors, and finds they are abundant