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Green bond round-up, 19 September

DZ Bank is planning to raise €250 million ($300 million) by issuing its first labelled green bond.

EIB and World Bank join forces to boost green bond market

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and World Bank, issuers of the first green bonds in 2007 and 2008 respectively, plan to work together to help more companies, municipalities and other sub-national issuers bring such bonds to market.

World Bank issues sustainability-linked notes for UBS clients

The World Bank has partnered with UBS to offer a bond linked to a sustainability index to help raise funds for its sustainable development work.

Green bond funds double AuM in 12 months (Full table here)

Total assets under management (AuM) in green bond funds has more than doubled since July 2017, to $5.34 billion, according to a survey by Environmental Finance. In the same period, the number of funds has risen by more than a third, to 38.

World Bank plans 'blockchain bond'

The World Bank is planning to launch what it claims will be the first global bond to be "created, allocated, transferred and managed ... using distributed ledger technology".

Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018

Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.

Channelling capital into forest conservation

A significant increase in the level of private finance being channelled into forest conservation is required in order to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement, a roundtable organised by Environmental Finance and Finance for Forests heard. Michael Hurley reports

Green bonds round-up, 25 July

The City of Toronto has completed a green bond issue worth C$300 million ($228 million), becoming the second city in Canada to issue green-labelled notes, following Ottawa's C$102 million issue in November.

Lessons from the Nordics

The Nordic countries are in the vanguard of the green bond market, leading the march in areas such as impact reporting. Michael Hurley asks what lessons the rest of the world can learn

Green bond round-up, 11 July 2018