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  • Large Swedish real estate company gears up for green bond

    13 September 2016

    One of the largest real estate firms in Sweden is gearing up to issue its inaugural green bond, making it the seventh property firm from the country to tap the market.

  • Renovate launches $320m green ABS

    13 September 2016

    Renovate America, which helps finance energy efficiency projects on residential properties in California, has issued its eighth asset-backed security (ABS) under its HERO programme.

  • EIB prices C$500m climate awareness bond

    12 September 2016

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced a C$500 million ($382 million) Climate Awareness Bond.

  • Nigeria joins race to issue sovereign green bond

    12 September 2016

    The race become the first sovereign green bond issuer intensified as Nigeria said it plans to issue green bond.

  • Iberdrola prices €700m green bond

    12 September 2016

    Spanish utility Iberdrola has priced a €700 million ($785 million) green bond, issued as part of its "green" euro medium-term note (EMTN) programme, making it the biggest corporate issuer of green bonds so far this year.

  • S&P Global Ratings develops green bond and ESG assessment tools

    09 September 2016

    S&P Global Ratings is developing a green bond evaluation tool, making it the latest in a series of players to launch a product to help investors quantify the green credentials of an issue.

  • NTPC plans more green 'masala' bonds

    09 September 2016

    India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) is planning more 'masala' bonds, possibly in the next eight to nine months.

  • Mitsubishi UFJ to follow SMBC into green bond market

    08 September 2016

    Japanese lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has said it is preparing a launch its inaugural green bond, following in the footsteps of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation's (SMBC) landmark issue last year.

  • Mexico City to issue green bond for airport

    08 September 2016

    Mexico City is gearing up to issue a 'first of its kind' green bond to help finance the construction of its new airport.

  • Trucost launches methodology for rating Chinese green bonds

    07 September 2016

    Environmental data-provider Trucost has partnered with Golden Credit Rating to launch a framework for assessing the environmental impact of Chinese green bonds.