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  • Green Bonds round-up, 28 November

    28 November 2018

    France's state-owned postal company La Poste saw its inaugural €500 million ($564 million) green bond attract orders amounting to more than €2.1 billion.

  • Masdar signs first green loan in Middle East

    10 October 2018

    Renewable energy company Masdar has signed a green revolving credit facility (RCF) with four banks to fund investments in its international clean technology and sustainable real estate projects.

  • Three groups dominate Japanese fossil fuel finance, report says

    11 September 2018

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

  • Japan's Sparx attracts ¥47bn for renewables fund

    30 July 2018

    Japanese fund manager Sparx Asset Trust & Management, which oversees some ¥1,122 trillion ($10 billion), has announced the final close of its renewable energy brownfield fund, 'Sparx Renewable Energy Brown Fund No. 1'.

  • London launches £500m public/private energy efficiency fund

    09 July 2018

    A £500 million ($667 million) fund, backed by public and private capital, has been launched to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings and small businesses in London.

  • Giant Australian wind projects get dual financing boost

    22 December 2017

    A pair of onshore wind farms in Australia with a combined 959MW of planned capacity have agreed financing deals with a host of major banks and telecommunications companies.

  • Green bond comment, November 2017

    01 November 2017

    It was great to have something positive to announce about the US green bond market at this year's Green Bonds Americas conference!

  • Green bond round-up, 11 October 2017

    11 October 2017

    Fiji looking at green bonds, says economy minister Fiji is considering using green bonds to help boost the country's renewable energy resources, according to a senior minister quoted in the local press.

  • Green bond round-up, 27 September 2017

    27 September 2017

    The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's biggest bank in terms of assets, is expected to price its first green bond on Thursday 28 September.

  • Big in Japan?

    04 September 2017

    Support from the biggest pension fund in the world is helping ESG take off in Japan, write Peter Cripps and Joe Walsh