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Indian muni issuers still 'missing green bond potential'

Indian municipal issuers are still missing the opportunity to issue green bonds with only a "small" proportion of the debt raised for potentially green-eligible projects being labelled as such,...

Redemptions, taxonomies to help sustainable bond market to fresh highs, says SocGen

The acceleration of sustainable bond maturities and ongoing proliferation of 'green' taxonomies globally could be major drivers for sustainable bond issuance to reach $7 trillion, according to Société Générale.

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

Sustainable debt round-up: IBRD, SEB, Stack Infrastructure ... and more

Trade associations launch 'refreshed' sustainable loan principles

Influential loan market associations have published an updated set of the widely used sustainable loan principles, with the most substantial changes made to the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (SLLP).

ASCOR: Growth, refinements to continue after 'strong' 2024

The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) tool is expected to be expanded to 80 countries by the end of 2025.

More EM sovereign SLBs 'can be done' as early potential emerges, says Ninety One

Sovereign sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are already demonstrating their engagement and impact potential, according to Ninety One - amid expectations of more deals to come from emerging market (EM) governments.

Kommuninvest launches social bond debut after 'rapid' lending growth

According to Environmental Finance Data, Kommuninvest has raised $14 billion from green bonds since its market debut in 2016 ...

Slovenia launches 'pioneering' sovereign SLB framework and eyes June debut

Slovenia has published its "landmark" sustainability-linked bond (SLB) framework as it prepares to become the first European sovereign to issue the performance-based instrument.

'AI could offer better green bond impact and incentives from day one'

Artificial intelligence (AI) could provide an opportunity for green bonds to become "more incentivising and transparent" around impact from the very earliest structuring phase,...