Archive

  • Sustainable debt round-up: IBRD, Canada, Health & Happiness ... and more

    23 October 2024
  • Sustainable Debt Round-up: IBRD, Mexico, China Development Bank, Scape Australia ... and more

    28 August 2024
  • Bond round-up: IBRD, UK, CaixaBank and ... more

    07 February 2024
  • Sovereigns lead 2023 sustainable bond issuance back to growth

    10 January 2024

    Resurgent green bond issuance and record-breaking activity from governments edged the sustainable bond market back close to $1 trillion in 2023, Ahren Lester reports

  • IBRD launches first sustainable development bond impact report

    15 May 2020

    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has published its first impact report covering all bond issuances and the entire portfolio of IBRD's development activities.

  • Bonds round-up: Nidec, CNP Assurances, Citycon, Ygrene, World Bank, munis ... and others

    27 November 2019
  • Bonds round-up: BART, KfW, San Diego, Mitsui, IBRD, EDC, Ottawa

    07 August 2019

    San Francisco BART raises $644m, KfW issues its first HK$ denominated green bond and more

  • GPIF to invest in more CAB bonds to boost standardisation

    02 July 2019

    Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is to invest in "larger amounts" of climate awareness bonds (CABs) and sustainability awareness bonds (SABs) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and help boost standardisation, an EIB spokesman said.

  • Green Bond round-up – 10 April: Senvion, LG Chem, France's GROAT, ocean plastic bond, Toyota, Terna, EIB's new CAB, Peru, Luxembourg links with China

    10 April 2019

    South Korea-based chemicals manufacturer LG Chem has issued green bonds worth $1.56 billion to help finance production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

  • GPIF invests in its first green bonds

    09 April 2019

    Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has bought its first green bonds, snapping up a $500 million deal from the World Bank Group.