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  • New Zealand looks to remove barriers for sustainable bond issuance

    04 April 2024

    A New Zealand regulator is exploring how to "remove potential barriers" for listed companies to issue sustainable bonds, in particular by reducing additional disclosures and costs for issuers.

  • Sustainable bonds are 'stretching for smaller sovereigns'

    22 November 2023

    New Zealand struggled to find adequate eligible projects for its issue, necessitating robust management of its green spending. Ahren Lester writes

  • Bond round-up: Mamoura, France, Uruguay ... and more

    08 November 2023

  • IIX raises $50m with 'world first' green & orange bond

    13 December 2022

    The Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) has raised $50 million with what it said is the first 'green and orange' bond, with proceeds targeted to empower women to advance climate action.

  • New Zealand raises NZD3bn from debut sovereign green bond

    15 November 2022

    New Zealand has raised NZD3 billion ($1.8 billion) from its debut sovereign green bond, with the transaction more than two-and-a-half times oversubscribed.

  • New Zealand readies sovereign green bond debut

    14 September 2022

    New Zealand has launched its sovereign green bond programme after publishing its green bond framework, with a debut bond expected by the end of 2022...

  • New Zealand consults on climate disclosure rules

    02 August 2022

  • New Zealand to debut sovereign green bond in late 2022

    15 November 2021

    New Zealand has announced it intends to kick-start an "important and enduring" sovereign green bond programme in late 2022...

  • News round-up: WTW, Foresight, JLEN, S&P and Lombard Odier

    04 May 2021

  • News round-up: S&P, Barclays, EU taxonomy and more

    26 April 2021