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  • S&P scores Renewi an ESG sector leader

    16 January 2020

    S&P Global Ratings has evaluated the environmental, social and governance (ESG) profile of waste management firm Renewi as being "strong and above-peer average," helped by its strong focus on recycling.

  • Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018

    13 June 2018

    DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.

  • CMS Energy signs first US sustainability-linked loan of $1.4bn

    08 June 2018

    CMS Energy has signed a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, claiming to have become the first US company to strike a deal of this kind.

  • Royal DSM raises €1bn in 'green loan'

    30 May 2018

    Dutch chemicals firm Royal DSM has signed a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) revolving credit facility that links its cost of borrowing with greenhouse gas (GHG) targets.

  • Green bond round-up, 25 May 2018

    25 May 2018

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT successfully launched its eighth green bond, raising €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • Renewi converts €550m banking facility to ‘green loan’

    22 May 2018

    Renewi has converted its main €550 million ($650 million) banking facility into a green loan, paving the way for green bond and green debt placements in the future.

  • Wanted: UK green bond issuers

    24 July 2017

    As the green bond market continues to break records and investors call for more supply, Hamza Ali asks why there hasn't been more issuance out of the UK