Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina takes salam through video conference from Ganobhaban on Tuesday marking Bangladesh Coastguard Day-2022 at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city on Tuesday. PID photo

Apple issues $1b green bond after Trump’s climate exit

Reuters :Apple Inc offered a $1 billion bond dedicated to financing clean energy and environmental projects on Tuesday, the first corporate green bond offered since President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement.The offering comes over a year after Apple issued its first green bond of $1.5 billion — the largest issued by a US corporation — as a response to the 2015 Paris agreement.Apple said its second green bond is meant to show that businesses...

24 Jun 2017, 12:00 am