Green bond round-up, 15 August 2018
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to return to the green bond market with…
Green Bonds
Results for Climate Bonds Initiative
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to return to the green bond market with…
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Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first…
Green Bonds
The European Commission has a highly ambitious target – to develop a taxonomy to define what is green and act as a compass for sustainable finance. But there's a long and rocky road ahead for this controversial initiative, find Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps
Debt,Investors,Policy
KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500…
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DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its…
Green Bonds
Wetlands, watersheds and forests will become an acceptable use of proceeds for Climate Bonds Initiative…
Green Bonds,Water
The IFC has encouraged emerging market countries to follow Fiji in issuing a green bond, as it publishes…
Green Bonds,Investors
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres issued a rallying call for cities, governments and large…
Green Bonds
California should continue to champion green bonds to fund the build-out of low-carbon infrastructure,…
Green Bonds
Green bond issuance from China has to grow tenfold in just three years if the country is to have a large…
Green Bonds
The final HLEG report lays out a roadmap for a comprehensive taxonomy of sustainable finance, and calls…
Policy
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Manulife has issued its first green bond which, as well as being the first from a life insurance company,…
Green Bonds
HSBC predicts green bond supply to reach as much as $180 billion next year, up from the bank's projected…
Green Bonds,Investors,Renewables
The UK's climate change minister has hinted that the UK may consider issuing a green bond – once standard…
Green Bonds
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank, has issued a green bond with…
Green Bonds
Fiji looking at green bonds, says economy minister Fiji is considering using green bonds to help boost…
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Several more green bonds from Brazilian issuers are imminent, market insiders say.
Green Bonds
The summer holiday is over for the green bond market.
Green Bonds
State Bank of India, the country's largest commercial bank, is planning to raise up to $3 billion from…
Green Bonds,Policy
Fixed Income and ESG, featuring the Green Bonds Europe conference
Green Bonds Asia
Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability 2018
Green Bond Symposium: Financing America's Fight Against Climate Change
Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?