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Massachusetts
- Wall Street Journal – Massachusetts Goes ‘Green’
- Mass.Gov – Massachusetts To Offer “Green Bonds” To Investors
- Bloomberg – Massachusetts Green Bonds Mirror World Bank: Muni Deals
- Reuters - Massachusetts leads states with ‘green bonds’
- New York Times – Massachusetts Selling ‘Green’ Bonds to Fund Environmental Projects
- Bond Buyer – Massachusetts to Sell More Green Bonds
MidAmerican
- Bloomberg – Green Bonds to Top $9 Billion on Buffett’s MidAmerican Boost
- Sustainable Business – $1 Billion Bond Offering Completed for World’s Largest Solar Project
Toyota
- Wall Street Journal – Investors Warm to Green Bonds: Aims to Ensure Production Is Less Harmful to Environment
- Forbes – Toyota Financial Services Claims The Industry’s First “Green” Bond
- Bloomberg – Toyota Said to Issue $1.75 Billion of Green Asset-Backed Bonds
- CleanTechnica – Toyota Issues Green Bonds To Drive Efficient Vehicles
- Gas2 – Toyota Bonds Meant to Drive More Green Car Sales
Regency
- Wall Street Journal – Regency Becomes First U.S. REIT to Sell Green Bonds
- Jacksonville Daily Record – Regency Centers sells pioneering ‘green bonds’
- Business Wire – Regency Centers Announces Pricing of $250 Million “Green Bond” due 2024
Johannesburg
- htxt.africa – City of Joburg issues “Green Bond” to raise climate saving funds
- FTSE Global Markets – Johannesburg Stock Exchange lists its first green bond
- AllAfrica – South Africa: Joburg Issues the First Historic JSE Bond
Multiple
- Bloomberg – Green Bonds From Companies Seen Doubling to $20 Billion
- CNBC - Bond market to go ‘green’ this year: S&P
Financial Times – Bond markets join the green revolution - Business Green – Green bond market sees records tumble
- Wall Street Journal – Investors Warm to Green Bonds
- Reuters – Green bond issuance to more than double this year: HSBC
- Bloomberg – Green Bonds Seen Tripling to $40 Billion on New Entrants
- Investment News – Calvert launches diversified green-bond fund
- CNBC – Why big investors are excited about a 0.62% coupon
GDF Suez
- GDF Suez – In order to contribute to fight climate change, GDF SUEZ issued a Green bond for a total of 2.5 billion euros, the largest Green bond ever issued so far
- NYSE Euronext – GDF SUEZ opens trading on Euronext’s market with record-breaking Green Bond
- Climate Bonds – Whooa! GDF Suez goes BIG with largest ever RE/EE green bond at EUR2.5bn ($3.5bn). And STILL 3x times oversubscribed! And it’s pretty darn green.
EDF
Ontario
- Canadian Press – Green bonds could be tax-free solution to transit funding