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Oekom launches ratings service for green bonds
09 February 2015German sustainability analysis company Oekom Research has launched a ratings service to help investors understand the environmental and social attributes of green bonds.
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EY becomes climate bond verifier
20 January 2015Auditing giant EY has signed up to be a verifier for a set of green bond standards being developed by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), marking a "milestone" in the development of the programme.
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A review of the green bond market in 2014
18 December 2014The green bond market trebled in size in 2014 - but who were the big winners and can the breakneck speed of expansion continue, asks Peter Cripps
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Most green bonds include second opinion, according to CBI data
11 December 2014More than half of green bonds issued in 2014 included a second opinion on their environmental credentials, according to data from the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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CH2M Hill provides second opinion on latest US municipal green bond
18 November 2014CH2M Hill has become the latest verification firm to enter the green bond market, providing its inaugural second opinion on a $175 million issue from the city of Spokane, to be launched today.
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Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards
13 November 2014The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps
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NRW say green bond success was 'because of size and second opinion'
11 November 2014German development bank NRW.Bank has attributed the success of its €500 million ($638 million) green bond to the inclusion of a second opinion, and its large size.
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Oekom approved as verifier of climate bonds
03 November 2014Oekom Research, a specialist German rating agency, has been approved as a verifier of green bonds by the Climate Bond Standards Board.
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Trucost to enter green bond market
30 October 2014Environmental data firm Trucost is set to join the growing throng of verifiers servicing the rapidly expanding green bond market.
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German bank to launch 'sustainable' covered bonds
10 September 2014German bank Munchener Hypothekenbank (MunchenerHyp) is preparing to launch a €300 million ($388 million) issue of sustainable covered bonds, or Pfandbriefe, later this month.