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  • Green bond round-up, 30 January

    30 January 2019

    Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica has made its debut in the green bond market, raising €1 billion in a five-year deal. It claims this is the first bond from an issuer in the telecoms sector.

  • ESG ratings companies warn of PG&E 'cautionary tale'

    28 January 2019

    ISS-oekom, Sustainalytics and MSCI have urged investors to take heed of the ‘cautionary tale’ of PG&E, whose long history of subpar performance on managing environmental risks has for years been flagged by their ratings.

  • ISS to supply Apex fund clients with ESG data

    23 January 2019

    Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has partnered with fund administration company Apex to provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to investment managers.

  • ERM snaps up SustainAbility as industry consolidation continues

    14 January 2019

    Environmental Resources Management (ERM), a specialist consultancy with 160 offices worldwide, has acquired SustainAbility, the pioneering think tank and advisory firm set up by John Elkington and Julia Hailes in 1987.

  • Henkel signs €1.5bn sustainability-linked loan

    17 December 2018

    Chemical and consumer goods company Henkel has signed a €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) loan, which will pay interest at a rate tied to the company’s performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

  • Green bond round-up, 7 November 2018

    07 November 2018

    MuenchenerHyp set the coupon on its debut five-year green Pfandbrief at 0.250% and priced the deal at eight basis points below the mid-swaps rate.

  • Green bonds round-up, 31 Oct 2018

    31 October 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

    24 October 2018

    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

    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 bonds round-up, 3 October 2018

    03 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.