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First SLB of 2025 looms as SFL considers deal

Sustainable debt round-up: Switzerland, China Three Gorges, Ramboll ... and more

AIIB hires banks for first sustainable bond of 2025

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

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.

Mongolia's Golomt Bank issues debut sustainable bond

Golomt Bank has raised $50 million from its inaugural sustainability bond, which is believed to be only the second labelled sustainable bond from a Mongolian issuer to date.

CEB raises £300m from rare debut sterling social bond

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has raised £300 million ($373 million) from its inaugural Social Inclusion Bond (SIB) issued in British sterling, kick-starting its 2025 social bond issuance after a record-breaking 2024.

'Disclosing more is the right way to go' with green bonds

Sustainable bond issuers have been urged to not let 'greenwashing' concerns drive them to limit data disclosure as sustainable investors value data transparency more than they do the specific figures, according to Swiss asset manager GAM.

The 'phenomenal challenge' of TCFD reporting for alternative credit managers

Climate reporting is challenging for alternative credit, but Alcentra's Vai Patel tells Ahren Lester it is an opportunity to be ambitious

France to update green bond framework for first time in 2025

France is planning to update its sovereign green bond framework in the first half of 2025, which would represent the first framework update from the long-standing sovereign issuer since it launched its programme in 2017.