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SEB, BAML, Morgan Stanley top 2013 green bond underwriting league table
24 January 2014SEB, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and Morgan Stanley were the most active climate bond underwriters of 2013, according to a new league table of banks active in the rapidly growing market.
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Banks back new transparency guidelines for green bond market
13 January 2014A coalition of 13 major investment banks has backed a set of voluntary principles intended to encourage transparency and integrity in the fast-growing green bonds market.
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UK Green Investment Bank in £250m waste-to-energy deal
24 December 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped finance a £250 million waste-to-energy plant.
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Investors warn palm oil companies and financiers on climate change risks
05 December 2013A $270 billion investor coalition has called for palm oil producers and their financiers to adopt policies to ensure they do not contribute to climate change.
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Financial close reached for £760m UK waste-to-energy plant
28 November 2013A UK resource management company and its investment partners have signed a £760 million ($1.2 billion) contract with a waste authority for a waste-to-energy project.
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FMO raises €500m in first 'sustainability bond'
07 November 2013Dutch development bank FMO has raised €500 million ($675.2 million) by issuing its first ever publicly offered 'sustainability bond'.
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EIB aims for biggest ever green bond
06 September 2013The European Investment Bank (EIB) aims to tap its €650 million ($856 million) Climate Awareness Bond, in a move that could make it the largest ever green bond.
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Chinese wind giant issues $300m bond
06 August 2013One of China's largest wind power developers has issued a $300 million bond.
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North Sea storage site boosts CCS hopes
05 August 2013The UK's bid to build its first carbon capture and storage project was boosted today by claims that a site capable of holding 200 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas has been discovered in the North Sea.
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EIB issues record-breaking €650m green bond
12 July 2013The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €650 million ($849.4 million) Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) – the largest ever green bond to be denominated in euros, and the first to use the EIB's ECoop framework.