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  • Berlin Hyp to launch second benchmark green bond

    30 August 2016

    Berlin Hyp is to launch a roadshow for its second green bond on 5 September and has released a 'green bond framework' to cover this and future issues.

  • Insurers worth $1.2trn urge end to G20 fossil fuel subsidies

    30 August 2016

    Insurers with $1.2 trillion in combined assets have urged G20 governments to commit to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020, ahead of next week's meeting in China.

  • BlackRock launches fixed income impact fund

    26 August 2016

    BlackRock has launched the first fixed income fund under its $200 billion 'impact' platform.

  • Benchmark indexes 'should start incorporating ESG factors'

    26 August 2016

    Benchmark equity indexes should start incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) data into their rules, a major insurer has said.

  • People Moves

    26 August 2016

    Peter Munro, the European Investment Bank's head of investment relations, is to move to the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), where he will help administer the Green Bond Principles.

  • Cities and climate change - the funding gap

    26 August 2016

    Green bonds are among the tools available to cities as they look to raise the trillions needed to fund their sustainable growth, says Cecilia Reyes

  • French institutions invest in €425m green energy infrastructure fund

    25 August 2016

    French insurer CNP Assurances and asset manager Meridiam have raised €425 million ($480 million) for a fund that will invest in sustainable energy projects.

  • Swedish property company returns to green bond market

    25 August 2016

    A subsidiary of Swedish real estate group Fabege has returned to the market with is second green bond, raising SEK460 million ($55 million).

  • 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.

  • Real estate green bonds have potential to grow, says S&P

    24 August 2016

    The market for green bonds that raise capital to improve the environmental credentials of buildings has the potential to grow, according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.