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Azure Power issues $500m green bond
31 July 2017Indian solar energy company Azure has issued a twice-oversubscribed green bond, shrugging off a turbulent Asian bonds market that has caused three other issues to be cancelled.
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SocGen reshuffles green bond team
10 July 2017Societe Generale has announced several new appointments to develop its role in the market for green and sustainable bonds.
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Green bond comment: New issues rise 36% in H1
05 July 2017A 36% increase in new issues in the first six months of this year, combined with further signs of maturity in the market, suggest green bonds are entering their second decade in good health.
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Societe Generale launches Italy's first Positive Impact Finance bond
20 June 2017Italy's first Positive Impact Finance (PIF) bond for retail investors has been issued by Societe Generale.
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Time the green bond market grew up
05 June 2017The exclusion of Repsol's bond from the main green bond indexes highlights that a lack of a clear definition of what is green is hindering the market, argues Keith Mullin.
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Repsol's green bond: exploring the controversy
19 May 2017Spanish oil & gas company Repsol issued a controversial green bond that immediately raised concerns, mainly because it represents more investment in production that results in more carbon emissions, even if more efficiently. Marcio Viegas assesses the controversy
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Standard Life plans impact investment funds
10 May 2017UK asset manager Standard Life Investments hopes to launch global and UK-focussed impact investment funds this year.
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Green bond round-up, 10 May 2017
10 May 2017German development bank KfW has issued its largest ever green bond at €2 billion ($2.2 billion).
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Introducing the Principles for Positive Impact Finance
19 April 2017The Principles have been designed to help meet the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. But how will they be implemented? Peter Cripps reports
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Green bonds round up, 22 March 2017
22 March 2017French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.