Archive

  • NIB and BNP Paribas join GBP ExCom

    24 June 2016

    Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and BNP Paribas have appointed to the executive committee (ExCom) of the Green Bond Principles (GBP).

  • NIB returns to green bond market with 'benchmark' issue

    02 June 2016

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is to return to the green bond market with a €500 million ($561 million) issue in the next few days, Jens Hellerup, head of funding at the Helsinki-based bank, told Environmental Finance.

  • NIB issues SEK1bn green bond

    13 January 2016

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has become the second Swedish krona issuer to tap the green bond market this week, with SEK1 billion ($117.3 million) worth of notes.

  • Development banks issue updated guide to help green bond issuers with impact reporting

    02 December 2015

    A group of development banks has published updated impact reporting guidelines for green bond issuers, saying that the market is the "litmus test" for wider climate finance.

  • Green bond comment, November

    25 November 2015

    Mounting anticipation of tougher international action on climate change at the UN meeting in Paris, has brought an Indian summer to the green bond market, says Graham Cooper

  • NIB plans to issue around €700m of green bonds each year

    19 November 2015

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) plans to step up its green bond programme and is planning issues valued at the equivalent of around €700 million ($750 million) each year in coming years.

  • NIB comes to market with its first euro green bond in €500m deal

    14 September 2015

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued its first euro-denominated green bond in a €500 million ($566 million) deal that was "well oversubscribed".

  • NIB returns to green bond market with SEK1bn offering

    17 April 2015

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a SEK1 billion green bond.

  • Credit Agricole dethrones SEB as leading green bond underwriter in Q3

    21 October 2014

    Credit Agricole CIB displaced Scandinavian bank SEB as the leading underwriter of green bonds in the three months to the end of September, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), a financial NGO.

  • NIB issues $500m green bond for Nordic projects

    25 September 2014

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a "benchmark" $500 million green bond.