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  • Oil firm Adnoc secures second $2bn green loan

    02 January 2026

    Oil and gas firm Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed its second green loan deal to finance investment in its lower carbon projects.

  • Sustainable debt round-up: Digital Realty, First Abu Dhabi Bank, A2A ... and more

    26 November 2025
  • FAB raises $20m from second 'blue bond' backed by T Rowe Price

    10 October 2025

    First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has raised $20 million from its second blue bond, just two months after its ground-breaking debut.

  • FAB raises $750m from nuclear-focused 'low-carbon energy' bond

    10 September 2025

    First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has raised $750 million from its pioneering 'low-carbon energy' bond which is the first sustainable bond from a financial institution focused on nuclear energy projects.

  • FAB issues 'milestone' HKD390m 'blue bond'

    28 August 2025

    First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has become the first Gulf bank to issue a 'blue bond', describing the HKD390 million ($50 million) deal as a "defining milestone".

  • NZBA ditches requirement to target 1.5°C alignment to give banks more 'flexibility'

    15 April 2025

    The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has approved changes to its framework to no longer require targeting 1.5°C alignment - instead allowing members to choose from "a wider range of net-zero pathways ... to limit global temperature rise to 'well below 2°C' and to strive for 1.5°C".

  • First Abu Dhabi Bank releases inaugural TNFD report

    28 January 2025
  • Sustainable Debt Round-up: Japan, Masdar, First Abu Dhabi Bank ... and more

    24 July 2024
  • COP28: Abu Dhabi Bank targets $135bn in sustainable and transition financing by 2030

    06 December 2023
  • FAB issues 'first' UAE dirham green sukuk

    21 July 2023

    First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has raised AED1.3 billion ($354 million) from a ground-breaking green sukuk, which was also the first labelled 'green' issuance denominated in United Arab Emirates (UAE) dirham.