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€500m Barclays green bond marks first for UK market
06 November 2017UK-based bank Barclays plans to issue a €500 million ($579 million) green bond this month, making it the first of the country's banks to enter the market.
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Proliferation of standards is impediment to green bond market, says EIB
30 October 2017The multiple taxonomies that exist to define the impacts of green bonds is blocking the flow of capital and slowing market growth, according to the EIB's Irene Sanchez Aizpurua.
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Canadian Solar to raise $156m through Japan yieldco IPO
27 October 2017Renewables company Canadian Solar expects to raise ¥17.78 billion ($156 million) from the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of its Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund (CSIF) yieldco this month.
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Ottawa ready to issue a green bond of up to C$150 million
25 October 2017The city of Ottawa is in line to issue a green bond of between C$100 million and C$150 million ($79 million - $118 million) before the end of this year.
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International flights will not be part of EU emissions cap until 2024
19 October 2017EU policymakers have pushed back by four years the date from which emissions from international flights will be counted under the EU-wide Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
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Mosaic lays foundations for $307m green securitisation
19 October 2017Solar loan provider Mosaic plans to issue a green asset-backed securitisation worth $307.5 million, its second such issue of 2017, to provide financing for the installation of residential rooftop solar panels.
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Green bonds round-up, 18 October 2017
18 October 2017Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank, has issued a green bond with a value of about $2.15 billion.
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Fiji to issue $50m green bond within weeks
18 October 2017Pacific island state Fiji will issue green bonds worth 100 million Fiji dollars ($50 million) as soon as November, becoming the first developing country to issue a sovereign green bond.
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Brookfield has Atlantica in its sights after acquiring TerraForm
17 October 2017Brookfield Asset Management has completed the acquisition of US yieldco TerraForm Power, and may be planning to buy another, in the form of Atlantica Yield.
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BlackRock launches 11th European ESG ETF
17 October 2017BlackRock has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange-traded fund (ETF) with $154.7 million in assets, its 11th such fund in Europe.
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Goldman Sachs Alternatives acquires water management business
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Sustainable debt round-up: MTA, Austria, Acciona ... and more
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UK government confirms nature market accelerator launch
02 April 2025The UK government has confirmed plans to launch an industry-funded 'accelerator' group to bring "much needed coherence to nature markets", as part of wider plans to boost 'green finance'.
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Blue Earth leads €28m in heating and cooling grids business
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'World first' parametric wildfire insurance deal inked
02 April 2025A deal in California aims to incentivise sustainable forest management to prevent wildfire risk, and could be replicable across the globe. Genevieve Redgrave reports
