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  • The importance of green bonds to investors

    30 October 2017

    In a transcript of his speech at Green Bonds Americas, Ceres' Peter Ellsworth explains why investors value green bonds and explains what different actors can do grow the market

  • To label or not to label?

    26 October 2017

    When financing climate change mitigation, the impact does not depend on whether or not a bond carries a 'green' label, argues Nicole Martin

  • Folksam CIO: "There is simply no reason not to continue investing in green bonds"

    09 October 2017

    Michael Kjeller, chief investment officer of Swedish pensions and insurance provider Folksam, discusses his firm's decision to raise its target for green bond investment

  • September smashes records with a dozen mini-benchmarks

    04 October 2017

    September set a new monthly record for the value of green bonds issued, with $16.1 billion of deals having settled in the month.

  • Green bond comment: Back to work!

    06 September 2017

    The summer holiday is over for the green bond market.

  • Big in Japan?

    04 September 2017

    Support from the biggest pension fund in the world is helping ESG take off in Japan, write Peter Cripps and Joe Walsh

  • Lessons from the Repsol bond

    02 August 2017

    I recently had an interesting chat with a leading green bond underwriter. He wanted to know whether I thought a green bond to finance energy-from-waste would be well received by the market.

  • Wanted: UK green bond issuers

    24 July 2017

    As the green bond market continues to break records and investors call for more supply, Hamza Ali asks why there hasn't been more issuance out of the UK

  • Green bond comment: New issues rise 36% in H1

    05 July 2017

    A 36% increase in new issues in the first six months of this year, combined with further signs of maturity in the market, suggest green bonds are entering their second decade in good health.

  • The carbon impact of green bonds

    21 June 2017

    Mirova's Chris Wigley explains the firm's new methodology for impact measurement