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  • Mandatory EU GBS not the way to go - EIB

    09 December 2021

    Proposals to make an EU green bond standard mandatory would be counter-productive, according to the European Investment Bank (EIB)'s head of capital markets.

  • Clean coal axed from China's green bond guidelines

    11 December 2018

    China will axe 'clean coal' from its green bond guidelines, in a move that will see its definition of green align more closely with the Climate Bond Standards and the consensus of opinions in the West.

  • People Moves

    26 August 2016

    Peter Munro, the European Investment Bank's head of investment relations, is to move to the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), where he will help administer the Green Bond Principles.

  • EIB issues €400m green bond

    02 October 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €400 million ($452 million) green bond.

  • EIB publishes project-level reporting methodology for green bonds

    02 October 2015

    The European Investment Bank has today published data on the use of proceeds for its green bonds using a new methodology.

  • A watershed year

    10 January 2014

    It has been a landmark year for the fledgling green bond market, which was buoyed by unprecedented growth in 2013. But can it continue, asks Peter Cripps