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• Redefining additionality with respect to green bonds

  22 June 2015

  Definitions of additionality pre-date the current green bond market and are generally understood to reference incentives or markets that are enabling something to happen that otherwise would not.

• Will we even be using oil when Petrobras' bonds mature in 2115?

  11 June 2015

  Petrobras' recent launch of a notional $2.5 billion worth of 100-year bonds has been viewed as evidence that investors, particularly those with long-term commitments such as pension funds and insurers, are desperate for yield.

• An analysis of the updated Green Bond Principles

  03 June 2015

  The second iteration of the Principles, issued in March, extends the number of suggested project categories and explicitly allows refinancing, says Jacqueline Heng

• Of green bonds, Paris and additionality

  27 May 2015

  I was fortunate enough to spend much of last week in Paris where thousands of people from the business, finance and political worlds converged to talk about climate change, says Peter Cripps

• Insurers see the gold in green

  14 May 2015

  Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains

• How to help the green bond market grow

  13 May 2015

  The market needs to embrace general purpose bonds from 'pureplay' green companies, as well as allowing non-clean companies to issue green bonds if they are in transition to a greener business model, argues Ulrik Ross

• Private equity may have a lot to learn about green bonds and transparency

  24 April 2015

  There is a worrying lack of fundamental details being made available about the Centerbridge/Senvion green bond, argues Peter Cripps

• The evolution of green bond standards

  24 April 2015

  As the green bonds market gains support from investors, issuers and underwriters, key questions are being asked. One of the most frequent and important is: "when and how will a green bond standard emerge and be accepted?"

• Q&A: What's behind TfL's push for green bonds?

  22 April 2015

  Transport for London's Simon Kilonback talks about the pros and cons of green bonds and how they fit in to TfL's plans

• Quotes of the quarter

  17 April 2015

  Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the first quarter of 2015.