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  • Commission faces legal challenge over taxonomy criteria for aviation, shipping

    28 August 2024

    The European Commission faces a legal challenge of its inclusion of aviation and shipping criteria in its sustainability taxonomy, after NGOs accused it of greenwashing.

  • Bond round-up: AfDB, Austria, Mexico ... and more

    24 January 2024
  • Austria: Greenium justified as there is 'no free lunch' for investors

    23 January 2024

    Up to 60 people work on Austria's green bond reporting, Markus Stix tells Ahren Lester

  • Austria raises €2.5bn from green bonds in 'innovative' triple-tranche deal

    19 January 2024

    Austria has raised €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) from two significantly oversubscribed green bond tranches issued through a ground-breaking triple-tranche syndication deal, with expectations of a record-breaking 2024 for total green bond issuance.

  • People Moves, 23 November: Invesco, ImpactA Global, RIAA ... and more

    24 November 2023
  • Bond round-up: AFD, Austria ... and more

    01 November 2023
  • Austria raises €3bn from shorter-dated green bond

    19 April 2023

    Austria has raised €3 billion ($3.3 billion) from its second green bond as the country looks to build out the yield curve for its green bond programme...

  • Austria offers green short-dated debt 'missing link'

    24 October 2022

    After its ground-breaking green T-Bill issuance, Austria has further plans to tackle the short-term debt challenge in green markets. Ahren Lester reports

  • Nuclear inclusion would 'jeopardise' EU Taxonomy, warn ministers

    12 November 2021

    Nuclear power should be excluded from the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities in order to not "jeopardise" the credibility and usefulness of the landmark 'green' regulation, according to environment ministers from five EU countries - including Germany

  • Private equity firm gets $59m backing for Peruvian hydro

    20 August 2015

    A Peruvian hydropower company has secured a $59 million loan from a series of investors to construct two projects in the country.