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  • IBRD marks 10 years of green bonds with $1.2bn issue

    14 November 2018

    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, has issued two benchmark green bonds to mark the tenth anniversary of its entry into the market in 2008.

  • KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party

    24 May 2017

    Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.

  • France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year

    25 January 2017

    The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.

  • EBRD issues its biggest ever green bond

    14 July 2016

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has priced its largest ever green bond, in an issue that was upsized to $650 million.

  • First World Bank euro-denominated green bond raises €550m

    14 March 2014

    The World Bank has issued its first benchmark sized green bond denominated in euros, in a "landmark" transaction that will help the European market scale up.