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Sustainability assurance a 'huge opportunity' for auditors, says EIB
18 October 2024Sustainability assurance presents auditors with a "huge opportunity", but investment is needed to improve current capabilities, the European Investment Bank has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Mandatory EU GBS not the way to go - EIB
09 December 2021Proposals to make an EU green bond standard mandatory would be counter-productive, according to the European Investment Bank (EIB)'s head of capital markets.
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Opportunity awaits - Understanding Asia's green building bond journey
Green bond issuance should skyrocket over the next few years in the Asia-Pacific region, and this trend will be significantly driven by the construction of green buildings, according to projections from the IFC.
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Clean coal axed from China's green bond guidelines
11 December 2018China will axe 'clean coal' from its green bond guidelines, in a move that will see its definition of green align more closely with the Climate Bond Standards and the consensus of opinions in the West.
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Opportunity awaits - Financing Asia's green buildings through green bonds
One of the most significant growth opportunities in the capital markets today is in green bonds in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the IFC.
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People Moves
26 August 2016Peter 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.
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EIB issues €400m green bond
02 October 2015The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €400 million ($452 million) green bond.
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EIB publishes project-level reporting methodology for green bonds
02 October 2015The European Investment Bank has today published data on the use of proceeds for its green bonds using a new methodology.
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A watershed year
10 January 2014It has been a landmark year for the fledgling green bond market, which was buoyed by unprecedented growth in 2013. But can it continue, asks Peter Cripps