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Standard Chartered raises €1bn from 'milestone' social bond debut
10 March 2025UK-based lender Standard Chartered has issued a debut €1 billion ($1.1 billion) social bond focused on small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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'Article 9' becomes headwind for sustainable bond funds
10 March 2025Declining investor demand for 'Article 9' funds helped slow the growth of European sustainable bond fund market, reports Ahren Lester
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Sustainable bond funds assets hit record $46bn in 2024
07 March 2025Sustainable bond fund assets edged higher, to a record $46 billion in 2024. Managers are optimistic of further growth in 2025. Ahren Lester reports
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Massive 'Kellanova bond' offers Mars investors 'significant impact potential'
07 March 2025The $26 billion bond issuance by US confectionery and pet food firm Mars to finance its acquisition of cereal and snacks maker Kellanova offers investors the opportunity to "drive progress at pace" around sustainability impact, especially around deforestation commitments.
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KHNP issues first 'nuclear' green bond in Asia
06 March 2025Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) has raised HKD1.2 billion ($154 million) from a "landmark" green bond focused on nuclear power projects, as the challenging low-carbon energy source continues to establish itself in green bond markets.
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Amundi launches low duration Euro sovereign green bond tilted ETF
06 March 2025French asset manager Amundi has launched a ground-breaking, passively managed low duration European sovereign green bond exchange-traded fund (ETF).
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Carbon credit returns from agriculture still 'rounding error,' says CAM
04 March 2025Climate Asset Management (CAM) wants to see agriculture-linked carbon credits become a "much more important" part of its natural capital strategy returns, but it is being "cautious" in how it integrates ecosystem services in its funds.
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EBRD cautious with 'blue bonds' to avoid becoming a 'gimmick'
04 March 2025The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) told an Environmental Finance event that it is working with an unnamed issuer on a potential 'blue bond', but said it was being a "bit careful" with the sustainable water-focused label.
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Dubai Islamic Bank publishes landmark SLLB framework
28 February 2025Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has published the first Sustainability-Linked Loan financing Bond (SLLB) from an Islamic finance-focused institution.
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'I am not seeing less US client demand for sustainable bonds,' says investor
27 February 2025A major sustainable fixed income investor said there had been a surprising increase in US client interest in US dollar-denominated labelled sustainable bond products in 2024, which could lay the foundations for accelerating issuance in the future.
- Blended finance in fragile contexts: Ukraine as a test case
- 'World first' carbon credit standard launched
- Sustainable Bonds Insight 2025
- EU countries agree to 'stop the clock' on CSRD reporting
- Axa IM 'downgrades' and 'may reduce exposure to' companies that weakened climate targets
- Trade associations launch 'refreshed' sustainable loan principles
- Taxonomy cuts to 'significantly damage' sustainable investment market, warn EU advisers
- Reliance on taxonomy would be ill-advised in overhauled SFDR, ICMA tells EU
- ASCOR: Growth, refinements to continue after 'strong' 2024
- UK government releases 'world-leading' nature finance standards
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Persefoni to launch carbon footprinting tool after raising $23m
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Why nature can't wait for capital
28 March 2025It's time to bring high-integrity carbon projects to the forefront, and leave behind approaches that prioritise carbon accounting over genuine nature restoration, writes Tim Ferraro
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Indian muni issuers still 'missing green bond potential'
28 March 2025Indian 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,...
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Axa IM 'downgrades' and 'may reduce exposure to' companies that weakened climate targets
28 March 2025European fund management giant Axa Investment Managers has "downgraded" companies that weakened their decarbonisation targets and is considering selling some of its holdings in these companies due to perceived increased risk, a sustainability head said.
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SEC ends defence of climate rule in 'backward step for investors'
28 March 2025The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ended defence of its own climate disclosure rule, signalling a major blow to hopes it could be saved from legal challenges.