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  • Massachusetts plans $100m green bond issuance

    24 May 2013

    The state of Massachusetts plans to issue $100 million of 'green bonds'.

  • First green bond verified using industry standards

    09 May 2013

    An environmental bond has for the first time been certified using a set of standards supported by investor-focused NGO the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • 'Industry's first' fixed income ESG indexes to launch 'in weeks'

    02 May 2013

    A new family of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes for fixed income are due to be launched by early next month, index provider MSCI and Barclays have told Environmental Finance.

  • Green bonds to become 'cornerstone market within four years' – Flensborg

    30 April 2013

    Environmental bonds will become a "cornerstone" of mainstream investors' portfolios within four years, one of the market's pioneers has claimed.

  • EIB issues its first climate bond of 2013

    24 April 2013

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first green bond of 2013, in a move that saw it raise SEK500 million ($75.9 million).

  • IFC to issue $1bn/year in green bonds

    22 April 2013

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to issue at least $1 billion a year in green bonds, following its successful $1 billion issue earlier this year.

  • Investors should look to low-carbon projects, says IFC Treasurer

    07 March 2013

    Investors in green bonds could get better risk-adjusted returns by investing directly in underlying low-carbon projects, according to the treasurer of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

  • No price premium for Kexim green bond – SEB

    28 February 2013

    Korea's Export-Import Bank has raised a $500 million green bond – but one of the bankers arranging the transaction has denied that it was able to cut its funding costs by going green.

  • Korea Eximbank raising $500m green bond

    20 February 2013

    SEB and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have opened the books on a reported $500 million-plus green bond for the Export-Import Bank of Korea, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative.

  • IFC issues world's first $1 billion green bond

    15 February 2013

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued the first $1 billion green bond, the proceeds of which will be directed to "climate-friendly" projects in developing countries.