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  • Development banks in initiative to harmonise green bond impact reporting

    13 February 2015

    A number of multilateral development banks (MDBs) are working together to produce harmonised guidelines for reporting the impacts of green bonds, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • First-time issuers and IFIs to boost 2015 green bond market, says Morgan Stanley

    12 February 2015

    The green bond market will continue to be boosted this year by first-time issuers, including financial institutions, according to a green bonds specialist at Morgan Stanley.

  • GIB to publish Green Investment Handbook

    11 February 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to launch a guidebook to help companies and investors measure the 'greenness' of their investments.

  • Investors call for green bond standards

    10 February 2015

    A group of more than 20 buyers of green bonds have called for the development of standards to help the fledgling market's rapid growth continue.

  • Oekom launches ratings service for green bonds

    09 February 2015

    German sustainability analysis company Oekom Research has launched a ratings service to help investors understand the environmental and social attributes of green bonds.

  • US city to issue junk bond... with investment grade rating

    06 February 2015

    A city in Washington state plans to issue a $20.39 million green bond to finance a capital spending programme on its waste collection and disposal service.

  • Indiana launches green water bonds

    06 February 2015

    The state of Indiana has launched a $136.99 million 'green' municipal bond to refinance loans that helped fund water improvement projects.

  • KBN development bank issues 10-year $500m green bond

    05 February 2015

    Norwegian development bank Kommunalbanken Norway (KBN) has issued a $500 million green bond.

  • Oslo stock exchange publishes first green bond list

    03 February 2015

    The Oslo stock exchange has become the first exchange to publish a listing of green bond issues.

  • Green bonds 'need to attract additional capital'

    28 January 2015

    The green bond market is currently little more than "a marketing tool" because it has often failed to channel additional capital into environmental projects, according to an influential renewables financier.