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Boston Properties Green Bond Offering Shows the Appetite for Sustainable Investments

By Franco Faraudo When most people think of investments they think of stocks. These equities have cornered the general public’s perception of where the world puts...

City of Columbia Issues First-Ever ‘Green Bonds’ to Fund Stormwater Improvements,...

The City of Columbia, South Carolina, is issuing its first-ever green bonds to improve its stormwater system; the $37.9 million in bonds – sold...

Duke Energy Issues $1 Billion Green Bond Offering

Duke Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has completed its inaugural issuance of $1 billion in green bonds that will finance eligible green...

It Isn’t Easy Being Green for a Bond ETF

A growing market for a particular asset type doesn’t necessarily mean that there is an easy market for a related ETF. Consider green bonds, issued...

Save the Planet and Grow Profits: How Corporate Green Bonds are...

Over the last five years, green bond issuance has been booming. Although conceived in 2007, the market really took off in 2014 when US$37...

CoPower at the Forefront of Canadian Clean Energy Financing

Keeping our planet cool will be enormously expensive — a price tag of $1.6 to $3.8 trillion per year according to the UN’s climate...