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AfDB launches ground-breaking 'sustainable hybrid' bond
30 January 2024The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched the first 'sustainable hybrid capital' bond from a multi-lateral development bank (MDB).
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S&P DJI to create carbon budget-focused index for PenSam
30 January 2024 -
Texas brands Barclays 'fossil fuel boycotter' alongside muni bond ban
29 January 2024The Attorney General of Texas has banned Barclays from underwriting municipal bonds in the oil rich US state after it classified the UK-listed bank as being a "fossil fuel boycotter".
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'Mixed' climate disclosure regulation 'impacting sustainable bond issuance'
26 January 2024Emerging climate disclosure regulations are keeping some issuers "on the sidelines" of sustainable bond markets, according to Moody's Investors Service - but the shift to mandated disclosures should spur more issuance over the long-term.
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World Bank issues $100m plastic waste reduction-linked bond
26 January 2024The World Bank has raised $100 million from a ground-breaking outcomes-based bond that links its coupon payments to verified plastic and carbon credits generated by projects in Ghana and Indonesia.
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac prepare for single-family social bond debut in June
25 January 2024Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expecting to issue their debut single-family social bonds from June, after the US government-owned mortgage providers published frameworks including an updated 'mission index' for eligibility.
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Moody's: Sustainable bond issuance set to remain 'resilient' in 2024
24 January 2024Sustainable bond issuance in 2024 is expected to remain flat at around $950 billion with growth in green and sustainability bonds expected to offset weakness for social and sustainability-linked bonds, according to Moody's Investors Service.
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Moody's: Sustainability-linked bonds face 'pivotal' 2024 as quality concerns persist
24 January 20242024 could prove a "pivotal" year for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) as they continue to demonstrate a sustainability quality gap compared with use-of-proceeds instruments, according to second-party opinion provider Moody's Investors Service.
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Bond round-up: AfDB, Austria, Mexico ... and more
24 January 2024 -
LCH launches green bond repo collateral basket
23 January 2024LCH RepoClear has launched its first dedicated euro-denominated green bond general collateral basket for repo products.
- Fight or flight: Contract and financing considerations for UK SAF projects
- La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup
- BNP Paribas targets $500m for developed markets forestry fund
- COP29: €3bn public-private fundraise planned for emerging market green bond fund
- COP29 could be remembered as the 'blended finance COP', AllianceBernstein says
- EU countries reject move to weaken Deforestation Regulation
- COP29: Finance text draws criticism for missing 'elephant in the room' of numbers
- COP29: Sweden pushes forward on Article 6.2
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- Sustainable debt round-up: National Bank of Greece, California Community Choice, CTP ... and more
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UK pledges £239m to tackle deforestation
22 November 2024 -
EIOPA's wake-up call for insurers on fossil fuels
22 November 2024A historic decision from EU financial supervisor on higher financial risk of fossil fuel sector must be integrated in EU prudential rules write Chiara Pass and Marika Carlucci
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EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
22 November 2024Suggestions that the EU could bring sustainable finance-related disclosure rules into a single, 'omnibus' regulation to "reduce the reporting burden" risks unnecessary chaos, thinktank E3G has said.
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People moves, 22 November: Gresham House, NZAOA, Quinbrook, Ashmore ... and more
22 November 2024 -
Indonesia brings forward coal phase out
22 November 2024Indonesia has announced plans to retire all fossil fuel power plants by 2040, 16 years earlier than its previous deadline.