Archive

  • Kommuninvest issues largest ever SEK green bond

    19 October 2016

    Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest has priced the largest ever Swedish krona green bond, raising some SEK5 billion ($570 million).

  • SBAB sees price tightening on first Swedish bank green bond

    17 June 2016

    SBAB Bank has priced a SEK2 billion ($239 million) green bond, making it the first Swedish commercial bank to tap the market.

  • Green bonds turn social

    01 June 2016

    With a slew of 'sustainability' bonds coming to market in recent weeks, Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at what the trend – and an imminent set of Social Bond Principles – means for the green bond market

  • EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP

    23 May 2016

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

  • Setting the standard

    30 March 2016

    As the market grows, so too does the number of companies and organisations 'defining' what is acceptable as a green bond. Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at the patchwork of offerings and how they are set to develop

  • Green bond funds launched in 2015 are worth nearly €600m

    14 January 2016

    2015 was big year for green bond funds, with nine new funds launched during the year, now boasting a combined value of €599 million ($651 million), according to figures compiled by Environmental Finance.

  • Four new green bond funds expected

    30 November 2015

    Four new dedicated green bond funds are rumoured to be in the pipeline, according to a report by the French investment bank Natixis.

  • Axa IM launches green bond fund

    11 November 2015

    Axa Investment Managers has launched a green bond fund.

  • People Moves

    10 July 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Senvion, Hannon Armstrong and Abengoa

  • Quotes of the quarter

    17 April 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the first quarter of 2015.