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50 shades of green bonds - and 50 ways of assessing them
29 December 2016Ratings agencies have weighed into the green bond market in the past year, adding to the raft of existing tools for assessing bonds. Where is this increasingly crowded marketplace heading, asks Peter Cripps
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Enel set to issue green bond
19 December 2016Italy-based energy provider Enel Group is set to launch a green bond. The company met with investors last week as part of a non-deal roadshow.
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Green bond round up
15 December 2016German development bank KfW has confirmed its intention to continue as a major issuer and investor in the green bond market next year.
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Iberdrola issues €750m green bond
25 November 2016Spanish utility Iberdrola has issued a €750 million ($795.1 million) green bond, making it the biggest corporate issuer in the market this year, and the third largest overall.
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BNP Paribas and Solactive partner on SDG tracking index
06 October 2016German index provider Solactive has partnered with BNP Paribas to launch a series of indexes that rank companies based on their contributions to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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EDF prices benchmark euro denominated green bond
06 October 2016EDF has priced its third and largest green bond, raising €1.75 billion ($1.95 billion).
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NBAD set to launch Middle East's first green bond
19 August 2016The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is gearing up to launch a $500 million green bond, the first from a Middle Eastern issuer.
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S&P DJI makes £14 million offer for Trucost
16 August 2016S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) has made a £14.215 million ($18.5 million) bid to acquire environmental data-provider Trucost, in the second example of consolidation in the market in recent months.
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EF BRIEFS: Tesla, BNP Paribas, World Bank, NextEnergy
01 August 2016Electric car company Tesla has agreed to buy SolarCity, a leading provider of small-scale solar energy installations for $2. 6 billion.
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Ile-de-France upsizes and tightens price on 'green and sustainability' bond
10 June 2016Region Ile-de-France has priced its fourth "green and sustainability" bond, five basis points tighter than its initial price thoughts, despite upsizing the issue to €650 million [$734 million].