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  • Green bond fund reveals greenhouse gas savings

    26 September 2016

    A major green bond fund estimates that every €1 million invested in the fund avoids, or prevents, emissions equivalent to 1,400 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

  • Mark Carney: the five measures needed to scale up the green bond market

    23 September 2016

    Green bonds are a key investment tool to "advance a low carbon future while raising global investment and spurring growth", but five measures are needed to help the market scale up, Mark Carney has argued.

  • Rabobank prepares roadshow for its first green bond

    21 September 2016

    Rabobank is launching its first green bond to finance, or refinance, solar and wind energy projects.

  • EF BRIEFS: Washington State, NextEnergy, Entra, Societe Generale, Los Angeles

    21 September 2016

    Washington state's long-awaited carbon market will begin next year, the state's Department of Ecology has confirmed.

  • Stock exchanges increase pressure for ESG reporting

    19 September 2016

    A growing number of stock exchanges are putting pressure on companies to disclose more information about their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

  • Berlin Hyp prices €500m green bond

    19 September 2016

    German mortgage lender Berlin Hyp has priced a €500 million ($558 million) green bond that it hopes will build on the success of its award-winning inaugural issue.

  • G20 communique 'as important as Paris climate deal'

    16 September 2016

    The G20 communique on climate change was "as important as the Paris climate deal" for the investment community.

  • NIB to 'cooperate' with three Nordic banks on green bonds

    16 September 2016

    Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative to cooperate with three banks on their green bond underwriting policies to spur further issuance in the region.

  • China plans first green covered bond

    14 September 2016

    China is planning to launch its first green covered bond, Environmental Finance understands.

  • World Bank launches sustainable development bonds

    14 September 2016

    The World Bank has launched two 'sustainable development' bonds targeted at Italian retail investors.