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Green bond round-up, 11 July 2018

Green bonds round-up, 4 July

Spanish utility Iberdrola has returned to the market with its tenth green bond. The €750 million deal pays a coupon of 1.25% and matures in October 2026.

Green bond round-up, 9 May

BBVA has tapped the green bond market with the largest ever green bond issue by a Eurozone financial institution.

Green bond round-up, 25 April

More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

NYK ready to issue shipping's first green bond

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will become the world's first shipping company to issue a labelled green bond, hot on the heels of the industry's commitment to halve carbon emissions by 2050.

France grows green bond to €11bn

The Republic of France has grown the size of its sovereign green bond to €10.8 billion ($13.3 billion) by tapping it for a third time.

Iberdrola revisits green hybrid market with €700m issue

Iberdrola has made good on its promise to raise more green capital in 2018 by issuing its second green hybrid bond.

People moves: Legal & General Capital, Vigeo Eiris, Lekela and NIB

Legal & General Capital (LGC) has recruited former RBS group treasurer John Cummins as its managing director of urban regeneration and clean energy.

ISS expands ESG offering with Oekom acquisition

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has continued to build out its capabilities in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data arena, with the acquisition of Oekom Research, arguably the last of the independent second party opinion providers in the green bond market.

Natixis repackages French green sovereign bond into green structured note

French bank Natixis has designed what it claims is the first green structured note – a repackaging of France's €7 billion ($8.6 billion) green obligation assimilable du Trésor (OAT).