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  • EGO fund buys 10 green bonds

    14 May 2020

    The landmark Amundi emerging market green bond fund bought 10 green bonds last year, meaning it is now almost one-third towards its final goal - but had to sell notes after the fund's advisory committee declared that they should no longer be deemed 'green'.

  • EIB and Amundi to launch €1bn Green Credit programme

    10 July 2019

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Amundi are to launch a €1 billion ($1.12 billion) programme to foster the development of the green debt market beyond the existing green bonds.

  • Green Bond Comment, March

    04 April 2018

    At least $28 billion of new green bonds were issued in the first three months of 2018, according to preliminary data from the Environmental Finance Green Bonds Database.

  • IFC and Amundi close world's largest green bond fund

    16 March 2018

    The world's biggest green bond fund was officially launched today, having raised $1.42 billion to buy paper from banks in emerging markets.