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  • Green bond round-up, 8 March 2017

    08 March 2017

    Region Ile de France has priced its fifth green bond raising €500 million ($527 million).

  • 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.

  • Green bond comment - May

    25 May 2016

    The green bond market has continued its rapid march to maturity in recent weeks, with new geographies and industry sectors coming to market for the first time, innovative bond structures being launched, significant pricing advantages being reported, and plans for a new service to rate bonds on their environmental impact.

  • Ile de France prepares to roadshow latest sustainability bond

    23 May 2016

    Region Ile de France will begin a roadshow on Wednesday in the hope of bringing its fourth 'green and sustainability' bond to market.

  • MTA to return to market with $500m green bond

    11 May 2016

    New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) is gearing up to launch a $500 million green bond – its second in as many months.

  • 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).

  • $531.8bn of green bonds remain unlabelled, says research

    08 July 2015

    The green bond market would be $531.8 billion larger if all eligible bonds were labelled, according to the latest figures on the market.

  • Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

    01 July 2015

    Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

  • Quotes of the Quarter

    26 June 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the second quarter of 2015.

  • Good reporting behind broadening of investors for Ile de France green bond

    20 April 2015

    Good reporting has prompted 'remarkable' growth in Region Ile de France's investor base for its latest sustainability bond, the issuer claims.