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  • How green bonds could speed progress towards Paris goals

    28 October 2016

    Green bonds could help accelerate implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, by providing finance for 'Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions', says Junji Hatano

  • Green Bond Comment - September

    05 October 2016

    Green bond issuance of almost $6 billion in September took the nine-month total for this year to $61.8 billion – more than twice the figure for the same period last year.

  • Profile: Jupiter's multi-asset Ecology fund takes a bite out of Apple

    30 September 2016

    Jupiter Asset Management's new multi-asset Ecology fund will allow it to invest in a broader range of companies than before, the asset manager tells Hamza Ali.

  • Mitsubishi UFJ to follow SMBC into green bond market

    08 September 2016

    Japanese lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has said it is preparing a launch its inaugural green bond, following in the footsteps of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation's (SMBC) landmark issue last year.

  • Database reveals financiers behind tropical deforestation projects

    06 September 2016

    At least $38 billion of loans and underwriting facilities were provided, between 2010 and 2015, to the forestry operations of the 50 companies most involved in commodities responsible for tropical deforestation in southeast Asia.

  • RWE secures partners for $1.5 billion offshore wind farm

    24 August 2016

    RWE's renewables arm has received the go-ahead to build the $1.5 billion 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • NBAD set to launch Middle East's first green bond

    19 August 2016

    The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is gearing up to launch a $500 million green bond, the first from a Middle Eastern issuer.

  • Energy storage secures $100m for project financing

    16 August 2016

    Energy storage firm Stem has received an injection of $100 million into its project financing facility, from private investment company Starwood Energy Group.

  • Investors raise €1.6bn for offshore wind

    12 August 2016

    A group of investors, led by Partners Group, have raised approximately €500 million ($557 million) in equity and €1.2 billion in debt, for a 400MW offshore wind farm.

  • NTPC prices first ever corporate green 'Masala' bond

    04 August 2016

    India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) has priced the first ever green 'Masala' bond from a corporate issuer, raising INR20 billion ($370 million).