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KfW calculates impact of recent green bond issues
23 July 2018German development bank KfW estimates that the €612 million ($715 million) of green paper it issued in the first six months of this year will save about €72 million/year in terms of fuel costs and other environmental and social impacts.
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Actiam New Member of the ICMA Executive Committee
19 June 2018The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) announced Foppe-Jan van der Meij of Actiam as its new member of the Executive Committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBP) at the annual meeting on 14 June 2018.
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Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced
13 June 2018The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.
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Green bond round-up, 16 May
16 May 2018The African Development Bank (AfDB) has priced its second social bond to help finance socio-economic development on the continent.
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Green share of KfW funding rises more than 33% since 2010
05 February 2018KfW's support for green projects has risen sharply in recent years, reaching 43% of its financing in 2017, up from 31% in 2010, the development bank said in its annual review.
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Green bond round-up, 31 January 2018
31 January 2018Poland has tapped the green bond market for the second time, with a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) issue.
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2018 'set to be another record year' for the green bond market
26 January 2018The green bond market is set for another record-breaking year of issues in 2018, according to an online poll conducted by Environmental Finance.
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Green bond round-up, 17 January 2018
17 January 2018Swedish bank SEB expects 2018 will be "a year of consolidation and more modest growth" for green bond issuance than in 2017, with potential to grow 12% year-on-year, to $175 billion.
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KfW re-enters SEK market with its first green bond of 2018
17 January 2018German development bank KfW has issued a SEK 1 billion ($120 million) green bond, its first in a 2018 issuing programme which it says will include two large issues of at least €1 billion ($1.22 billion) each.
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First global geothermal fund eyes $250m fundraise
22 December 2017The first global geothermal fund is due to start raising capital in the first quarter of 2018, Environmental Finance has learned.