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  • MIT issues $370m green property bond

    29 September 2014

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has issued a $370 million green bond to allow it refinance energy efficient buildings.

  • SolarCity prices $500m of convertibles

    26 September 2014

    Solar rooftop installer SolarCity has priced a planned $500 million issue of convertible senior, unsecured notes.

  • NIB issues $500m green bond for Nordic projects

    25 September 2014

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a "benchmark" $500 million green bond.

  • Massachusetts' second green bond issue is heavily oversubscribed

    24 September 2014

    The $350 million sale of green bonds by the state of Massachusetts, announced earlier this month, attracted demand from both retail and institutional investors amounting to more than $1 billion.

  • Green Climate Fund reaches $2.3bn

    24 September 2014

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has now received $2.3 billion of funding from countries across the world, following yesterday's Climate Summit in New York.

  • BoA launches $10bn catalytic clean energy finance initiative

    24 September 2014

    Bank of America has launched an initiative designed to attract $10 billion of new investment into clean energy.

  • Q&A: Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition

    24 September 2014

    What is the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition (PDC), which aims to decarbonise $100bn of investments by the end of 2015?

  • Investor coalition pledges to 'decarbonise' $500bn of assets

    24 September 2014

    A coalition involving two of the largest asset managers in Europe has set a target of 'decarbonising' $500 billion of institutional investments.

  • Investors and issuers pledge to expand green bonds market

    23 September 2014

    A group of institutional investors, with more than $2 trillion in assets under management, has pledged to work "to grow a large and robust [green bond] market that makes a real contribution to addressing climate change".

  • Abengoa issues first green bond

    22 September 2014

    Spanish alternative energy firm Abengoa is to issue a €500 million ($643 million) green bond.