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Greenko to issue $1 bn green bond
10 July 2017Indian renewables company Greenko plans to raise $950 million from the issue of its second green bond.
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Spain's ICO issues third social bond
04 July 2017Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned Spanish bank, has issued what it claims is the first benchmark-size social bond since the launch of the Social Bond Principles.
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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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Green bond round-up, 17 May 2017
17 May 2017German mortgage lender Berlin Hyp is set to return to the green bond market with its second euro-denominated covered green bond.
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Obvion prepares second green bond
16 May 2017Obvion, the largest mortgage lender in the Netherlands, is gearing up to issue its second green asset backed security (ABS).
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Japan to issue a 'deluge' of green bonds in 2017
08 May 2017Japanese green bond issuance is set to take off in 2017, having grabbed the attention of local capital markets, according to one second opinion provider recently established in the country.
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Chile's first green bond issued
24 April 2017Pulp paper manufacturer Empresas CMPC has issued the first green bond from a Chilean issuer, raising $500 million.
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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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Starbucks issues JPY85bn sustainability bond
13 March 2017US coffee shop giant Starbucks has issued a JPY85 billion ($736 million) sustainability bond, the biggest of its kind issued in Japanese yen.
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People moves: Inrate, Natural Power, Crédit Agricole
06 March 2017Swiss sustainability rating agency Inrate has appointed Beat Zaugg and Lotte Knuckles to its board, bringing the total number of board members at the company to four.