Weekly blog: TfL’s £400m green transport bond big success / China’s first on the way / first M&A green bond for Senvion / NIB back in market with SEK 1bn ($116m) 5yr / littlies from EBRD, World Bank, City of StPaul, Mytrah Energy / + gossip

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Greentech

Development Bank issuance Nordic Investment Bank issues its third green bond (SEK 1bn ($116m), 5 yr, 0.155%, AAA)  Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a SEK 1bn ($116m) green bond, its third SEK denominated green bond issuance (they call them Nordic Environmental Bonds – NEBs). The bond has a 5 …

‘Q1 roundup 2/3: Underwriter league table for Q1 – SEB out in front followed closely by, Morgan Stanley, Credit Agricole and DB’

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘Q1 roundup 2/3: Underwriter league table for Q1 – SEB out in front followed closely by, Morgan Stanley, Credit Agricole and DB‘ By Bridget Boulle As part of our Q1 roundup, here is the league table of the largest underwriters in 2014 so …

[Climate Bonds] Unibail-Rodamco issues EUR750m 10 year, A+ green property bond, first green corporate bond of 2014 – 3.4x oversubscribed in less than 2 hours. The next wave of green is coming.

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Unibail-Rodamco, a large European commercial property company, yesterday announced that it had placed a landmark EUR750mn green bond based on a portfolio of green buildings. The bond was 3.4 times oversubscribed with the order book reaching EUR2.5bn in under 2 hours! The first corporate green bond linked to property was issued by Sweden’s Vasakronan …

[Climate Bonds] UK Govt announces it’s joining US, Scandis, World Bank, EIB to end overseas aid support for coal power and stop other MDBs. First test: EBRD’s Kosovo coal plant

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘UK Govt announces it’s joining US, Scandis, World Bank, EIB to end overseas aid support for coal power and stop other MDBs. First test: EBRD’s Kosovo coal plant‘ The UK Government announced today they will join the US and Scandinavian countries in agreeing to end …

Envirotech & Clean Energy Summit

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Dear Colleague, Just 2 weeks remain until Europe’s largest green investment event , the Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit 2013 returns to London on October 30-31. The Summit provides an unprecedented networking opportunity with investors, deal makers and company leaders in renewables and cleantech. We are delighted to be able to release a selection …

Climate Bonds: ‘EBRD $250m climate bond closes

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘EBRD $250m climate bond closes / Norway’s REC planning $110m 5yr convertible / We’re looking for climate science-savvy interns’1. That EBRD AAA, 5 year “environmental sustainability” bond I blogged yesterday is out; proceeds go to climate related investments. See the EBRD announcement at http://goo.gl/8HwOBH. …

NEWNET: Foresight seals UK renewables co-investment partnership with Emirates NBD

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

4 July 2013 – Today’s Top Stories on NewNet Cleantech investor Bill Wiberg set to launch $75m enterprise software fund Exclusive: Shale won’t transform UK as it has US, says Tim Yeo PREMIUM Latest on NewNet Find out about all the latest environmental funds being launched around the world by becoming …