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Landmark A2A green bond 'bodes well' for EU GBS issuance
24 January 2025Italian utility firm A2A has raised €500 million ($520 million) from the first green bond issued under the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS),...
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ABN Amro: EU GBS 'costs to outweigh benefits' - for now
22 January 2025Uptake of the EU green bond (EuGB) label under the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) is likely to be "very limited" as the "additional costs will outweigh the benefits," according to Dutch lender ABN Amro.
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Sustainable debt round-up: IBRD, Swedavia, GuocoLand and more
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Fish farmer SalMar readies second green bond
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Financials lull expected to end euro sustainable bond 'comeback'
21 January 2025A decline in issuance by financials during 2025 is expected to result in contraction of the euro-denominated sustainable bond market, ending a "comeback" year in 2024 when it returned to growth.
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'Practical' Rwanda sustainable bond approach amid taxonomy roll-out
20 January 2025The Rwanda Capital Market Authority (CMA) is taking an "impactful" but "practical" approach to developing its sustainable bond guidelines, as the East African country continues to develop its green finance taxonomy.
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'Milestone' year ahead for floundering sustainability-linked bonds
20 January 2025The next 18 months will be a critical period for the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market with a flurry of target observation dates, after the performance-based instrument recorded another dramatic fall in annual issuance in 2024.
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Carrefour SLB six-times oversubscribed
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IFC raises $2bn from largest social bond
16 January 2025The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued its largest ever social bond, with the $2 billion deal also attracting the largest ever orderbook for the instrument from the development finance institution.
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Annual issuance of sustainable bonds
Preliminary figures from 2024 show annual sustainable bond issuance above $1 trillion for the first time since 2021. After a decline in annual issuance to $970 billion in 2022, recovering to just shy of $1 trillion in 2023, the sustainable bond market continues its incremental growth, although is still some way from reaching the all time high of 2021 which saw $1.15 trillion in sustainable bond issuance.
For more in-depth analysis of the trends in the sustainable bond market in 2024 look out for Environmental Finance’s Sustainable Bonds Insight Guide 2025 coming in February 2025.
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