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  • EIB issues €400m green bond

    02 October 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €400 million ($452 million) green bond.

  • Green bond market gets its first agricultural and forestry standards

    11 September 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has released standards it hopes will bolster green bond issuance in the agricultural and forestry space.

  • Recurrent Energy bags $337m solar financing from consortium of banks

    10 September 2015

    Canadian Solar's US subsidiary has secured a $337 million debt package for a solar project, in its second deal this week.

  • Canadian Solar secures a ¥3.5bn construction loan from Rabobank

    28 July 2015

    Canadian Solar has secured a ¥3.5 billion ($28.3 million) construction loan from Rabobank Hong Kong.

  • GBPs could be expanded to cover social and sustainability bonds

    20 July 2015

    The Green Bond Principles (GBPs) could be expanded to cover social and sustainability bonds under proposals published by three underwriters.

  • Banking sector needs 'radically different approach' to sustainability, says KPMG

    30 June 2015

    The European banking sector must adopt a "radically different approach" to sustainability, KPMG has warned.

  • TenneT issues €1bn green bond for offshore wind

    29 May 2015

    TenneT has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) green bond, in a deal that was twice oversubscribed.

  • Canadian Solar secures C$53.5m non-recourse construction loan

    18 May 2015

    Canadian Solar has agreed a non-recourse loan of up to C$53.5 million ($44.4 million) to finance the construction of its 10MW 'Illumination' solar power project in Scugog, Ontario.

  • Order book reaches €1bn on FMO's latest Sustainability Bond

    14 April 2015

    Dutch development bank FMO has priced its second €500 million ($534 million) green Sustainability Bond, which attracted more than $1 billion of investor interest.

  • Apex Clean Energy announces $397m loan and sale of major wind project

    01 April 2015

    US renewable energy firm Apex Clean Energy has secured a $397 million loan to finance the construction of its 299MW Kay Wind project in Oklahoma. Simultaneously, Apex announced that it had agreed to sell the facility, on completion, to Southern Power for an undisclosed sum.