Ahren Lester

Standard Chartered, Apollo launch $3bn energy transition infrastructure credit partnership

Standard Chartered has launched a $3 billion clean energy and transition financing partnership with Apollo, which has resulted in the acquisition of a minority stake in debt origination firm Apterra.

NIB launches 2025 green bond programme after record 2024

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has raised NOK2 billion ($175 million) from its first green bond of 2025, as the issuer kick-starts its long-standing NIB Environmental Bond (NEB) programme following record issuance in 2024.

Rwanda regulator issues sustainable bond guidelines

The Rwanda Capital Market Authority (CMA) has published new guidelines to help create a "internationally credible, replicable, and attractive" sustainable bond market in the East African country.

GAM: 'Financials are the place to be within sustainability bonds'

More than three years since GAM's Sustainable Climate Bond fund launched, Romain Miginiac tells Ahren Lester that the financial sector remains immensely attractive for both impact and returns

First SLB of 2025 looms as SFL considers deal

'Maturing' Chinese ESG ratings market prepares for 'significant' changes in 2025

The increasingly mature Chinese environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating industry looks set to experience significant changes in 2025, according to a major market participant

AIIB hires banks for first sustainable bond of 2025

Entra hires banks for potential green bond issuance, buy-back deal

2025 to be a big year for Chinese sustainability reporting

Improvements in environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting by Chinese companies and prioritisation of climate adaptation are among the key sustainable finance trends in China during 2025, according to a leading Chinese sustainable finance consultancy.

Early bird Bpifrance kick-offs €4bn sustainable bond plans with social deal

Bpifrance has raised €1.5 billion ($1.5 billion) from its first social bond of the year, as the French public sector investment bank came to market promptly to get ahead of an anticipated glut of issuance.