Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since. Green bonds are indeed often oversubscribed due to their success.

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Environmental Finance

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a green bond denominated in Icelandic Krona - its first issuance in the country since 2007.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

The amount of energy produced by wind energy is expected to rise to 9,500 MW, up from just 1,800 MW five years ago, and the company is now offering green bonds to help finance 4 billion in investments to help the country meet its net-zero targets by 2035. It is also one of the biggest green financiers globally.

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3BL Media

MARCH 30, 2022

Many investors are already familiar with green bonds, which have been on the market since 2007. Green bonds finance a specific project or projects with an environmentally beneficial purpose. Since then, companies have issued new types of bonds to finance a range of green, social and sustainable projects (Display).

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

Achieved 42% reduction in carbon emissions intensity from 2007 levels in 2021. Leveraging Green Finance to Accelerate Low-Carbon Solutions. Since issuing its first green bond in 2017, CDL has secured more than S$3 billion of sustainable finance, comprising a green bond, various green loans and a sustainability-linked loan.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

Achieved 42% reduction in carbon emissions intensity from 2007 levels in 2021. Leveraging Green Finance to Accelerate Low-Carbon Solutions. Since issuing its first green bond in 2017, CDL has secured more than S$3 billion of sustainable finance, comprising a green bond, various green loans and a sustainability-linked loan.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

While the level of emissions within the sector are 10 per cent lower than in 2015, reaching lows not seen since 2007, this was largely due to lockdowns, slowing of economies, difficulties households and businesses faced in maintaining and affording energy access and a fall in construction activity.

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