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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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NYSE joins Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative
26 July 2013NYSE Euronext, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, marking "a significant step forward" for the programme.
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EIB to phase out coal-fired lending
24 July 2013One of the world's biggest energy lenders, the European Investment Bank, has adopted new lending policies expected to see it phase out the financing of coal-fired power plants.
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AfDB plans $500m green bond issue by end October
10 July 2013The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to issue a $500 million green bond in September or October, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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People moves, June
28 June 2013The latest environmental markets appointments at the Green Climate Fund, International Finance Corporation, Sarasin Bank, Roth Capital Partners, UNEP Finance Initiative, and more.
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Can green bonds go mainstream?
20 June 2013The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell
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$1.4bn joint venture to be 'Chile's largest renewables provider'
07 June 2013A project developer and a private equity firm have inked a $1.4 billion deal to form a joint venture set to become Chile's largest wind and solar energy provider.
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EBRD launches resource efficiency financing initiative
06 June 2013The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has unveiled plans for an initiative to finance water and materials efficiency projects.