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  • A response to the article: 50 Shades of green bonds - and 50 ways of assessing them

    09 January 2017

    A recent feature in Environmental Finance explored the growing number of tools open to investors to help them judge the green credentials of green bonds. In this piece, Peter Ellsworth suggests five essential resources for cutting through the confusion.

  • 50 shades of green bonds - and 50 ways of assessing them

    29 December 2016

    Ratings agencies have weighed into the green bond market in the past year, adding to the raft of existing tools for assessing bonds. Where is this increasingly crowded marketplace heading, asks Peter Cripps

  • A review of the green bond market in 2016: Another record year of firsts

    23 December 2016

    It's been blockbuster year for the green bond market, with more than double the value of issuance of 2015, credit ratings agencies joining the market, and innovative bonds launched. Hamza Ali reports

  • Q&A: What are the lessons from Poland's green bond?

    20 December 2016

    Poland priced a €750 million green bond this week – the first from a sovereign issuer. How did it achieve this feat? Odilbek Isakov at green structuring agent HSBC talks to Environmental Finance

  • Green bond comment: November

    07 December 2016

    November has been a blockbuster month for the green bond market, with multiple record breaking issues.

  • Green bond comment: October

    02 November 2016

    Will investors ever pay up for a green bond?

  • How green bonds could speed progress towards Paris goals

    28 October 2016

    Green bonds could help accelerate implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, by providing finance for 'Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions', says Junji Hatano

  • External review of green bonds: lessons learned

    14 October 2016

    When it comes to external reviews, the green bond market could learn from the carbon market, argues Phillip Ludvigsen

  • Green Bond Comment - September

    05 October 2016

    Green bond issuance of almost $6 billion in September took the nine-month total for this year to $61.8 billion – more than twice the figure for the same period last year.

  • Standardising assessments to boost green investment

    03 October 2016

    Michael Wilkins explains why new assessment tools – for green bonds and corporate ESG factors – may help increase green investment.