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Japan views transition bond label as boon for its GX strategy

By Michael Hurley in Tokyo

VPN issues first Australian Taxonomy-aligned green bond

Victoria Power Networks (VPN) has raised AUD750 million ($487 million) from the first green bond to be aligned with the recently published Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy.

Bond round-up – 24 April: China Three Gorges, Royal Bank of Canada, Citi, United Urban Investment, ANA Holdings

Hydropower developer China Three Gorges (CTG) has issued green bonds worth CNY20 billion ($2.98 billion), according to local media.

Land of the rising green bond

After a year of stellar growth, what are the prospects of Japan's green bond market, asks Elena K. Johansson

Green bond round-up: ICO, Klabin, Reykjavik Energy, Midsummer, IBRD, Fabege, Housing New Zealand, Argosy Property and Vasakronan

Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned Spanish bank, has issued a €500 million ($562 million) green note that matures in 2024.

Green bond round-up: Société du Grand Paris, Duke Energy, ReNew Power, Kommuninvest, World Bank, Santa Fe

Green bonds round-up, 6 February

Bank of America has raised $500 million from what it said is the first social bond by a US bank.

Green Bonds round-up, 19 December

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated THB5 billion ($152 million) to buy the whole of a two-tranche green bond offering from Thailand's B. Grimm Power.

Green bonds round-up, 3 October 2018

Getlink said its inaugural green bond had been "comfortably oversubscribed", helping it raise €550 million ($635 million) rather than the €500 million originally envisaged.

Three groups dominate Japanese fossil fuel finance, report says

Three financial institutions have been the driving motor powering Japan's fossil fuel industry, according to a study by Dutch research company Profundo.