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BlueEarth provides $25m SLL for seed processor

'Huge interest' from asset owners in fossil fuel expansion-focused bond index

Asset owners are "excited" by the potential for a fossil fuel expansion-focused corporate bond index and its "new form of bondholder engagement", which is expected to be launched in the second half of 2025, according to a researcher working on the project.

Praxis IM 'nervous' as US sustainable bond innovation dries up

US sustainable bond innovation has slowed significantly over the past year, causing concern for Benji Bailey. Ahren Lester reports

Wary American firms trigger debut sustainable bond issuance lull

The number of inaugural sustainable bond issuers in the first quarter of 2025 fell a third compared to the year prior, as US and Latin American issuers grew cautious about making a market debut.

Sustainable debt round-up: Germany, China, Grupo Enhol ... and more

Sustainable bond issuance falls 20% amid corporate, sovereign slump

Sustainable bond issuance volumes have fallen by more than a fifth in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the year prior, after corporate and sovereign issuance slumped by 40%.

Sustainable Debt awards - Personality of the year: Bodo Winkler-Viti, Berlin Hyp

Berlin Hyp funding and investor relations head Bodo Winkler-Viti has secured the 'Personality of the year' award at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2025 for his role as a "true pioneer" in sustainable debt markets for a decade.

Green bond issuers 'need to know what counts' as climate adaptation investment

For more climate adaptation and resilience investments to feature in green bond transactions there is a need for taxonomies to be developed and public issuers to come to the market, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Sustainable debt round-up: Nordea, SNCF, EIB ... and more

Commercial Bank of Ceylon plans LKR15bn green bond 'Tier 2' debut

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank) is planning to raise up to LKR15 billion ($50 million) from its inaugural green bond, believed to be only the third sustainable bond issuance in the country and the first issued as a 'Tier 2' bond.