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  • NRW prepares to issue record-breaking sustainability bond

    27 February 2017

    The German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is gearing up to issue the biggest sustainability bond on the market, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Green bond round-up, 22 February 2017

    22 February 2017

    National Australia Bank (NAB) is looking to issue, a euro-denominated green bond, its second offering.

  • Green bond round-up, 8 February 2017

    08 February 2017

    New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) is gearing up to launch its third green bond, expected to raise $350 million.

  • Buffett's MidAmerican taps green bond market

    27 January 2017

    MidAmerican Energy has issued an $850 million green bond - the first from a company in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway group.

  • Green bond comment: November

    07 December 2016

    November has been a blockbuster month for the green bond market, with multiple record breaking issues.

  • Poland surprises the market and launches green bond

    06 December 2016

    Poland has emerged as the surprise frontrunner in the race to issue the world first sovereign green bond.

  • S&P green bond evaluation tool to launch 'early next year'

    18 November 2016

    S&P Global Ratings, formerly known as Standard & Poor's, will launch its green bond evaluation tool early next year, after beefing up its methodology for adaptation technologies, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Blowing in the right direction

    12 October 2016

    As the European offshore market continues to mature, Hamza Ali explores the financing trends that are driving down costs

  • Standardising assessments to boost green investment

    03 October 2016

    Michael Wilkins explains why new assessment tools – for green bonds and corporate ESG factors – may help increase green investment.

  • S&P Global Ratings develops green bond and ESG assessment tools

    09 September 2016

    S&P Global Ratings is developing a green bond evaluation tool, making it the latest in a series of players to launch a product to help investors quantify the green credentials of an issue.