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  • KfW makes debut in green bond market with record €1.5bn issue

    15 July 2014

    German development bank KfW has issued its first green bond – a €1.5 billion ($2.0 billion) offering which it claims is the largest ever single issue.

  • Germany's KfW commits to green bond issues

    08 July 2014

    German development bank KfW is planning to issue a series of green bonds, starting with a €500 million - €1 billion ($680 million - $1.4 billion) issue later this year.

  • Dutch bank launches €500m green bond

    26 June 2014

    The Dutch water board bank has issued a €500 million ($680 million) green bond to help fund projects that counter climate-change.

  • SEB, HSBC and Cicero to collaborate on green bond standards

    24 June 2014

    SEB and HSBC are to work with Cicero and four other non-profit researchers to develop a set of global standards for the rapidly growing green bond market, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Gothenburg issues SEK1.8bn green bond

    03 June 2014

    The City of Gothenburg in Sweden raised SEK1.8 billion ($273 million) when it returned to the green bond market today.

  • Impax completes deal for two Finnish wind farms

    15 April 2014

    Impax Asset Management has completed two wind power deals in Finland with a combined generating capacity of 78MW, marking its first investments in the country.

  • Call to strengthen Green Bond Principles

    10 April 2014

    The Green Bond Principles should be strengthened to help boost the credibility of the fledgling market, an NGO has claimed.

  • SEB remains biggest green bond underwriter in first quarter of 2014

    08 April 2014

    Nordic bank SEB has maintained its position as the largest underwriter of green bonds in the first quarter of 2014.

  • Skanska is latest corporate to issue green bond

    04 April 2014

    Swedish construction firm Skanska has become the latest corporate to tap the green bond market, and has told Environmental Finance that further issues are on the cards.

  • Green bond raises $232.5m for Swedish firm SCA

    26 March 2014

    Swedish consumer goods company SCA has issued its first green bond, raising SEK1.5 billion ($232.5 million).