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Comment: Gloom engulfs Wall Street's green bond bankers

Underwriters are praying for a greenium to help cure the sustainable bond market malaise. Peter Cripps reports

Webinar: Issuance-level ratings to boost credibility of sustainable bond market

Issuance-level sustainable bond assessments are "critical" to help the market grow, a webinar heard.

Exclusive: KfW publishes 'best practice' clean transport impact methodology

KfW has made its "scientifically sound" methodology for calculating the emissions reduction impact of the "complex" clean transport projects financed through its green bonds publicly available to support the quality of reporting in the market.

Sustainable debt round-up: KfW, Western Australian Treasury Corporation, Cinven and more

Latvian water firm launches 'European Green Bond' debut

Latvian water utility firm Rīgas ūdens has launched a €60 million ($68 million) green bond programme using the recently introduced European Green Bond (EuGB) label.

Sustainability bonds 'key instrument' to resolving just transition challenges

Sustainability bonds provide an important means to resolve challenges to integrating 'just transition' in sustainable bond markets, according to London School of Economics (LSE).

Sustainable sukuk 'powerful enabler' for transition

The UN has called for the development of common sustainable sukuk standards and a focus on closing the "knowledge gap" among global investors in order to unlock the potential of Islamic bond markets for supporting the climate transition.

Pakistan makes 'strong step forward' with debut sovereign green sukuk

Pakistan has raised PKR32 billion ($113 million) from its debut sovereign green sukuk, with the "milestone" deal more than five-times oversubscribed and expectations for more sustainable sukuk deals in the country.

Middle Eastern sustainable bond market 'building strong momentum'

Middle Eastern sustainable bond issuance has significantly increased in recent years, in particular since 2023 as the region hosted the high-profile UN COP climate summit.

Masdar secures largest green bond orderbook

Masdar has raised $1 billion from its third green bond in a deal which was more than six times oversubscribed, securing its largest orderbook to date.