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  • Societe Generale prices second impact bond

    29 September 2016

    Societe Generale has priced its second 'Positive Impact Bond', raising €500 million ($560 million).

  • EIB extends green bond yield curve and boosts reporting

    29 September 2016

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has continued its pioneering role in the green bond market by extending its euro yield curve to 21 years and publishing an 'independent reasonable assurance report' on its Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) programme.

  • TerraForm Power settles with Appaloosa as it gears up for sale

    29 September 2016

    US yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has settled a long standing legal battle with hedge fund Appaloosa Management.

  • Finland's first green bond is oversubscribed

    28 September 2016

    The first green bond from a Finnish issuer was substantially oversubscribed and attracted many new investors, the issuer said.

  • EF BRIEFS: Energy efficient projects dominate RGGI investments; TRIG,

    28 September 2016

    Most of the $1.37 billion of proceeds from the quarterly auctions of emission allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) market have been invested in energy efficiency projects, according to the body that administers the market.

  • Yes Bank repeats innovative green bond deal

    28 September 2016

    India's Yes Bank has agreed a second transaction in which it will issue a rupee-denominated green bond which will be bought using the proceeds of sustainability bonds issued by a development bank.

  • Luxembourg launches first '100% green' exchange

    28 September 2016

    The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has relaunched its green bond listing service, with what it claims is the strictest eligibility criteria of its peers.

  • Aviva agrees long-term finance facility for UK yieldco

    27 September 2016

    Aviva Investors has agreed to provide long-term financing for Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), a London-listed investment company focussing on large-scale industrial and agricultural solar assets.

  • The road to Marrakesh is paved with green intentions

    26 September 2016

    The Paris climate change summit will be a tough act to follow, but its successor is shaping up to be an important meeting in its own right. Hamza Ali and Peter Cripps report

  • Green bond fund reveals greenhouse gas savings

    26 September 2016

    A major green bond fund estimates that every €1 million invested in the fund avoids, or prevents, emissions equivalent to 1,400 tonnes of carbon dioxide.