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BBVA commits $200m to KKR's climate transition strategy

BBVA Colombia and IFC launch 'world's first' biodiversity bond

BBVA Colombia and the International Finance Corporation have issued the first tranche of a $70 million bond to address the drivers of biodiversity loss.

BlackRock and Temasek's Decarbonization Partners closes debut fund at $1.4bn

Decarbonization Partners - a joint-venture between BlackRock and Temasek - has closed its first fund, a late-stage venture capital and growth private equity vehicle, at $1.4 billion.

Microfinance firm issues first social bond in Panama

BBVA Microfinance Foundation-owned Microserfin has raised $5 million from the first social bond in Panama as part of a planned $40 million programme.

People Moves, 12 April: Eurosif, Orchard Street, Apax Partners, Barclays and ... more

Loan round-up: BBVA, Resilient, Wilmar and more

Loan round-up: Thai Union, Pacific Basin Shipping, AET...and more

Banks with $29trn in assets pledge to set 2050 'net zero' targets

A group of banks with about $28.5 trillion in assets has joined a UN-convened 'Net Zero Banking Alliance', and in doing so pledged to "align operational and attributable emissions from their portfolios with pathways to net-zero by 2050 or sooner".

Sustainable bond pricing perk 'not enough' for emerging market issuers

A webinar organised by Environmental Finance and the IFC heard from emerging market issuers of green, social and sustainability bonds about their experiences. Ahren Lester reports

Issuer case studies webinar: financing the green transition in emerging markets