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News round-up: Sarasin, ABI, Green Finance Institute and PwC

Green Finance Institute launches Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport

Lombard Odier/AIM impact bond fund reveals environmental, social impacts

The Global Climate Bond fund, launched by Lombard Odier Investment Managers in partnership with Affirmative Investment Management (AIM), helped prevent emissions equivalent to 78,431 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year in 2017, as well as supporting 75MW of renewable energy and the treatment of 6,893m3 of wastewater.

MTA to return to market with $500m green bond

New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) is gearing up to launch a $500 million green bond – its second in as many months.

Are investors beginning to pay up for green bonds?

Are the occasional pieces of evidence that green bonds price differently to their mainstream equivalents a sign of things to come, asks Hamza Ali

Green bonds: The state of sterling

With only a handful of green bonds so far issued in sterling, what is holding the market back, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett

BAML says green bond market is strong again as it clinches Q2 underwriter title

The scramble to be named the biggest underwriter in the green bond market produced a new champion in the second quarter of 2015, after Bank of America Merrill Lynch deposed JP Morgan from the top of a league table.

$531.8bn of green bonds remain unlabelled, says research

The green bond market would be $531.8 billion larger if all eligible bonds were labelled, according to the latest figures on the market.

Q&A: What's behind TfL's push for green bonds?

Transport for London's Simon Kilonback talks about the pros and cons of green bonds and how they fit in to TfL's plans

TfL attracts Deutsche Bank on £400m green bond

Transport for London (TfL) has issued a £400 million ($598 million) green bond, which has attracted investors including Deutsche Bank.