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NatWest issues first dedicated EV green bond from UK bank

South Africa considering SLB as sovereign sustainable bond debut looms

South Africa is considering issuing a ground-breaking sustainability-linked bond (SLB) as the sovereign continues to progress with its plans to make a sustainable bond debut soon.

Moody's: 'Stark difference' in debut sustainable bond issuers entering market in 2024

There has been a "quite dramatic" decline in new issuers entering the sustainable bond market in 2024 as issuers take longer to move from formulating frameworks to executing deals ...

Moody's SPO share surge continues as 'big four' consolidate

The 'big four' sustainable finance second-party opinion (SPO) providers consolidated their market share in the first six months of 2024, with Moody's seeing another significant jump in share.

ING says it wants to share its transition plan assessment methodology

Dutch bank ING has invited other banks to use an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled methodology it has developed to judge the credibility of the transition plans of its clients.

CBI, IGES launch Japanese 'transition strategies toolkit'

Sustainable lithium producer plans 'first green enabling' transaction

A 'sustainable' lithium producer is planning to issue a green loan that is expected to be the first to allocate proceeds that meet new 'green enabling' guidelines.

Green enabling: opening Pandora's Box?

Guidelines on how to define 'green enabling activities' are pushing the boundaries of sustainable finance, Orith Azoulay tells Peter Cripps

'Next gen' EU GBS frameworks 'really need to go into the weeds,' says NatWest

The "next generation" of green bonds incorporating the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) requirements will demand "significant effort" from issuers that could slow the progress in developing frameworks and then issuing bonds under the landmark standard, according to NatWest.

Jamaican sustainable bond listing framework on track for September

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) expects to finalise its framework for issuers to list sustainable bonds by the end of September, as it continues it work by publishing a guide to issuing these labelled instruments.