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  • ERAFP awards €2.5bn SRI bond mandates

    06 March 2015

    French public service pension scheme ERAFP has awarded €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) socially responsible investment (SRI) credit bond mandates to three asset managers.

  • NRW ups sustainability bond to €750m

    06 March 2015

    The German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has increased its sustainability bond by 50% due to its popularity with investors.

  • Hannon Armstrong eyes further growth following bumper quarter

    05 March 2015

    Renewables and energy efficiency investor Hannon Armstrong cheered shareholders as it projected strong earnings growth for the next two years following a bumper quarter for transactions.

  • Vestas taps green bond market with €500m issue

    04 March 2015

    Vestas has placed a €500 million ($553 million) green bond with European investors.

  • Barclays in UK solar deal that offers 'encouraging signs' for future refinancings

    04 March 2015

    Barclays has provided £76 million ($117 million) in solar project refinancing, in a deal that could 'pave the way' for further big refinancings in the UK renewables market.

  • University of Virginia launches $92m green bond

    04 March 2015

    The University of Virginia is set to become the latest university to tap the green bond market after it announced plans to issue a $92.4 million 'refunding' green bond.

  • World's first green bond from oil company comes out of Thailand

    04 March 2015

    The first green bond from an oil company has been issued.

  • Block Island becomes US's first offshore wind project to reach financial close

    03 March 2015

    An offshore wind venture in the US has become the first in the country to reach financial close, raising more than $290 million.

  • Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign

    02 March 2015

    Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International (April) after Greenpeace launched a campaign criticising it for logging Indonesian forests.

  • EIB issues its first Turkish currency green bond since 2010

    02 March 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a green bond in Turkish lira.