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First 'blue bond' in Vietnam issued
01 July 2024Southeast Asia Commercial Bank (SeABank) has raised $75 million from a sustainable bond which is the first in Vietnam to include a 'blue bond' tranche focused on sustainable marine and water projects.
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ICMA Principles to publish whitepaper on SLB 'best practices'
26 June 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) working group on sustainability-linked bonds will publish a paper on the "best practices" in the market after ascertaining a "clearer idea" of how to improve the instrument.
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ICMA working on detailed 'green enabling' project checklist after guidance
26 June 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA)-administered Principles is working on a "detailed checklist" to help issuers and investors use its newly released 'green enabling' project guidance.
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Dominican Republic launches $750m debut green bond
26 June 2024The Dominican Republic plans to raise $750 million from its debut sovereign green bond.
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ICMA, LMA release 'sustainability-linked loan bond' guidance
25 June 2024Two debt industry bodies have jointly published guidance for the issuance of bonds dedicated to financing sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in order to develop a new sustainable finance product and support the credibility of the performance-based lending instrument.
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Disclosure data checklist among ICMA SLB Principles updates
25 June 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published an updated version of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) which includes a new disclosure data checklist intended to "harmonise" and strengthen disclosures for the performance-based instrument.
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ICMA publishes innovative 'green enabler' sustainable bond guidance
25 June 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published "ground-breaking" guidance for financing 'green enabling' projects in sustainable bonds amid issuer caution in using these critical transition projects in green finance instruments.
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Enel 'rewarded' by investors after landmark SLB target miss, says AFII
21 June 2024The return of Enel to the sustainability-linked bond market following its historic target miss is a "strong vote of confidence" in the instrument...
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BancoSol issues first Bolivian 'gender' bond
21 June 2024Bolivian lender BancoSol has raised BOB205.8 million ($29 million) from its first women-focused social bond, which is believed to be the first 'gender' bond issued in the South American country.
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SLBs: 2024 issuance slumps as issuer wariness grows
21 June 2024Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance in 2024 is running at around half the volume reported in 2023, with issuers - both old and new - largely eschewing market.
- CBI optimistic of 'really quick uptake' for climate resilience taxonomy
- MSCI developing transition plan assessment product
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- 'Water will be one of the biggest investment themes over the next decade'
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- Putting transition plans to the test: MSCI
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- Allianz GI's impact credit strategy raises €560m at first close
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Australia publishes net zero 'sector pathways'
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$1.4trn investors call for greater nature disclosures
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Pension members should be given right to voice ESG preferences, says Dutch regulator
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Carbon removals versus reductions misses the point
06 September 2024For the atmosphere's balance sheet, emission reductions and removals are both vitally important, argues Mary Grady
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EXCLUSIVE: M&G to rebrand climate solutions fund as biodiversity
06 September 2024M&G Investments is rebranding its climate solutions fund as a nature and biodiversity fund, as it looks to capitalise on growing interest in the theme, Environmental Finance has learned.