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This fact sheet details a EUR 1 billion green covered bond issued by SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt on January 30, 2018, which was the largest covered green bond at the time of issuance.

A fact sheet detailing a green bond issuance by Sindicatum Renewable Energy, a Singapore-based company focusing on small-scale renewables in South and Southeast Asia.

Verification report by oekom research for the pre-issuance certification of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg's (LBBW) Green Bond Programme, confirming its alignment with the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) standards.

A fact sheet detailing the issuance of a MYR415m ASEAN Green Medium-Term Note Facility by Segi Astana Sdn Bhd to fund the development of the LEED Silver certified gateway@klia2 shopping mall in Malaysia.

The Region of Pays de la Loire issued a EUR75m green bond in October 2018 to fund projects in energy, buildings, and transport. Eligibility is tied to specific standards such as RT2012 for buildings and various renewable energy technologies. The Climate Bonds Initiative is monitoring the allocation of funds to bioenergy to ensure sustainability or a limited financial share (max 5%).

Sustainalytics conducted a pre-issuance verification of AC Energy's green bond in January 2019 to ensure its conformance with the Wind, Solar, and Geothermal Energy Criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard Version 2.1. The verification concluded that the bond's framework for financing or refinancing eligible renewable energy projects meets the required standards.

Sustainalytics verified that DNB Boligkreditt's Green Covered Bond meets the Low Carbon Buildings criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard. The bond targets energy-efficient residential buildings in Norway complying with TEK10 or TEK17 building codes, representing the top 7% of energy performance in the local market.

This fact sheet from the Climate Bonds Initiative provides a quantitative overview of the green bond market for the first quarter of 2018, including monthly issuance volumes, issuer types, use of proceeds, and top issuing countries.

This pre-issuance verification letter, authored by Sustainalytics in October 2018, confirms that the green bond intended for issuance by Industrial Bank Co. conforms with the Wind Energy, Solar Energy, and Low Carbon Transport Criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard Version 2.1.

This pre-issuance verification letter, produced by Sustainalytics in 2018, confirms that KBC's green bond conforms to the Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Marine Renewable Energy, and Low Carbon Buildings criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard Version 2.1. The bond's proceeds are intended to finance onshore wind parks in Wallonia and Flanders, offshore wind parks in the North Sea, an onshore solar project in Flanders, and residential mortgage loans for energy-efficient buildings in Flanders.

A fact sheet detailing the green bond issuance by Östersund Municipality in Sweden, including the use of proceeds for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and its inclusion in the Climate Bonds database.

KPMG India provided an independent limited assurance statement for Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) regarding its Green Bond Framework. The statement confirms that the framework conforms, in all material respects, to the pre-issuance requirements of the Climate Bonds Standard Version 2.1.

This document is an independent pre-issuance verification statement prepared by First Environment of California, Inc. for the Los Angeles County MTA (LACMTA). It confirms that the LACMTA's Proposition A First Tier Senior Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2017-A (Green Bonds) conform to the Climate Bonds Standard 2.1 and the Low Carbon Land Transport sector criteria for the purpose of funding public transport rail infrastructure.

This working paper by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) provides lessons on leveraging private sector finance for climate compatible development based on projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It emphasizes the need for country-specific approaches, strong public sector leadership, and the use of innovative financial instruments to bridge the gap between commercial interests and climate goals.

The Sustainable Energy Bonds (SEBs) instrument analysis by the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance proposes a debt instrument designed to mobilize impact investment for sustainable energy in India. SEBs address barriers such as high transaction costs for small-scale projects and a lack of standardized impact reporting by aggregating projects through a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) and implementing a rigorous monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) framework. The report focuses on rooftop solar projects in the commercial and industrial sectors as a primary use case, suggesting that a pilot issuance of USD 5 million could catalyze significant private finance with limited public support.

A fact sheet detailing a NOK 750 million green bond issuance by Eidsiva Energi, a Norwegian municipally owned energy company, focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

This briefing examines the use of green and climate bonds to fund distributed water harvesting (DWH) as a climate adaptation strategy for the agriculture sector in the Canadian Prairies.

This report outlines a road map for developing a green bond market in Colombia to support the country's transition to a green and low-carbon economy, following initial issuances by Bancolombia and Davivienda.

This document introduces a guide by CDKN and PwC UK on establishing green bond markets in developing economies. It outlines five key building blocks for market success—enabling environment, investors, issuers/pipeline, governance, and standards—and highlights a critical funding gap for the SDGs, noting that 80-90% of necessary climate finance must come from the private sector.

The China Green Bond Market Mid Year Report 2017 details the growth and diversification of China's green bond market in the first half of 2017, highlighting a total issuance of USD 11.52bn and a shift toward non-bank issuers. The report outlines various policy updates, the emergence of green municipal bonds, and the alignment of Chinese bonds with international standards.