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  • The City of Paris to roadshow €300m green bond

    27 October 2015

    The City of Paris will next week roadshow a 'climate bond' it hopes will raise €300 million ($331.6 million).

  • Saint Michael's College issues $20m green bond

    27 October 2015

    Saint Michael's College in Vermont has become sixth US university to tap the green bond market this year, with its inaugural $20 million issue.

  • S&P expects increase in rating revisions due to environmental factors

    26 October 2015

    Standard & Poor's (S&P) has made 56 rating actions in response to climate change and other environmental issues over the past two years, and expects more in future, the ratings agency revealed in a research note.

  • ABC green bond four times oversubscribed

    14 October 2015

    Agricultural Bank of China has become Asia's largest green bond issuer, with an inaugural $995 million offering that was four-times oversubscribed.

  • Abengoa Yield buys more assets and refinances construction debt

    05 October 2015

    Abengoa Yield has bought two more solar plants from its parent company, the heavily indebted Spanish energy company Abengoa.

  • Volkswagen ejected from Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes

    29 September 2015

    Volkswagen (VW) has been ejected from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) as the company continues to be hurt by the fall-out from its emissions scandal.

  • State of Vermont plans $30m green bond

    28 September 2015

    The State of Vermont is planning to issue a $29.6 million green bond to help fund projects including an energy-efficient office block.

  • Abengoa considers complete sale of yieldco

    28 September 2015

    Heavily indebted energy company Abengoa is considering the possible sale of its 49% stake in its yieldco Abengoa Yield.

  • Investors with $2.6trn of assets make divestment pledges

    23 September 2015

    Investors with combined assets of $2.6 trillion have made pledges to divest from fossil fuels, according to a new report.

  • Two Swedish real estate firms each issue SEK500m green bonds

    28 August 2015

    Swedish municipal housing associations Stångåstaden and Uppsalahem have become the latest real estate firms to tap the green bond market after they both priced SEK500 million ($58 million) issues.