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  • Japan and US commit $4.5bn to Green Climate Fund

    17 November 2014

    The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has received a major boost, as new commitments from Japan and the US more than double its working capital.

  • Green bond from Verbund is more than three-times oversubscribed

    14 November 2014

    Austrian utility Verbund has issued a €500 million ($623 million) green bond in a transaction that was more than three-times oversubscribed.

  • Bluefield Solar succeeds in £160m equity raise

    14 November 2014

    Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has completed its placement of more than 150 million shares, raising some £160 million ($251 million).

  • Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards

    13 November 2014

    The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps

  • CalSTRS sees threefold increase in green bond investment in 2014

    13 November 2014

    California State Teachers' Retirement Systems (CalSTRS) has increased its investment into green bonds almost threefold in 2014.

  • Barclays and MSCI launch green bond index, excluding Unilever

    13 November 2014

    Barclays and MSCI have today launched their Green Bond Index, excluding major issues from Unilever and Iberdrola.

  • BlackRock buys wind farm from Arise

    13 November 2014

    BlackRock has bought its third wind energy project in Europe in recent weeks.

  • Renewables investment to grow 75%, but fossil-fuel subsidies must be addressed, warns IEA

    13 November 2014

    $7.8 trillion of investment into renewable energy is needed over the next 26 years "in order to have a world that is similar to the one we have today", according to the latest figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

  • Bloomberg to expand its green bond universe to include unlabelled issues

    13 November 2014

    Bloomberg is to expand the range of bonds that are searchable as 'green' on its terminals in a move that could help speed the growth of the market.

  • Austria's Verbund roadshows green bond

    12 November 2014

    Austrian utility Verbund is roadshowing a €500 million ($624 million) green bond in Europe.