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  • Bond round-up: Japan, Verizon, MuniFin ... and more

    21 February 2024
  • MuniFin considers social bond issuance in 2023

    22 June 2023

    Finnish credit institution Municipality Finance (MuniFin) is considering a return to the social bond market in 2023, after it hiked its funding plans for the year.

  • Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021

    31 March 2021
  • Nordic green bond issuers criticise EU taxonomy

    16 December 2020

    Nordic local government funding agencies MuniFin, Kommunalbanken and Kommuninvest have jointly published feedback on the EU's proposed sustainable finance taxonomy, warning that it risks undermining the uptake of the EU's planned green bond standard.

  • Nordic green bond issuers include EU standard in new reporting guidance

    19 February 2020

    A group of Nordic issuers has set out recommendations on how to report green bond impact in line with the proposed EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).

  • Nasdaq's European business reports 65% sustainable debt growth in 2019

    22 January 2020
  • Annual costs for impact reporting 'typically in €10k-€25k range'

    04 July 2019

    A survey of green bond issuers and investors sheds light on how they approach impact reporting, says Björn Bergstrand

  • Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards winners revealed

    28 March 2018

    Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards have grown for the second consecutive year, as the number of categories expands in line with a rapidly expanding market.

  • Green bond round-up, 27 September 2017

    27 September 2017

    The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's biggest bank in terms of assets, is expected to price its first green bond on Thursday 28 September.

  • Danske Bank develops price differentiation for green loan

    21 November 2016

    Danske Bank has extended its first green loan with 'improved terms' to a real estate client, Fabege, because it is financing green buildings which it believes have a lower level of risk.