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  • HSBC moves closer to issuing green bonds, as it drafts framework

    20 November 2015

    HSBC has created a green bond framework ahead of its much-anticipated move into the issuing space, after years as a key underwriter in the market.

  • HSBC pledges $1bn to green bond market

    12 November 2015

    HSBC has stepped up its commitment to the green bond market, pledging to buy $1 billion of notes.

  • ING Bank plans green bond issue

    10 November 2015

    ING Bank is set to join the growing list of lenders issuing green bonds, Environmental Finance understands.

  • Schneider Electric issues €200m green bond

    09 November 2015

    Schneider Electric has issued its inaugural €200 million ($215 million) green bond.

  • NRW Bank attracts green buyers to €500m green bond

    04 November 2015

    NRW Bank has issued its third green bond, with the majority of the €500 million ($544 million) of paper sold to investors with a green or social mandate.

  • Mexico's development bank's green bond five times oversubscribed

    04 November 2015

    Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera (Nafin), has become the first Latin American development bank to tap the green bond market, with a five-times oversubscribed $500 million issue.

  • Green Climate Fund under pressure to shun HSBC and Credit Agricole

    30 October 2015

    Environmental NGOs have urged the UN's Green Climate Fund not to work with HSBC and Credit Agricole in order to "maintain its integrity".

  • BNG Bank prices €650m sustainability bond

    27 October 2015

    Bank Nederlandse Gemeente (BNG) has priced its second sustainability bond, in a transaction that is set to raise €650 million ($717.5 million).

  • The City of Paris to roadshow €300m green bond

    27 October 2015

    The City of Paris will next week roadshow a 'climate bond' it hopes will raise €300 million ($331.6 million).

  • Barclays rumoured to be eyeing green bond issue

    26 October 2015

    Barclays is hoping to join the growing list of commercial banks to issue a green bond, according to market sources.