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KfW: 'Greenium discussion is back' with €4bn green bond

KfW has raised €4 billion ($4.3 billion) from an "extraordinary" green bond of 2024, which the German development bank said reopens the discussions around the 'greenium' for green bonds.

Bridging the financing gap for renewables in emerging markets

How can financial institutions help overcome barriers to capital flows, ask Fabian Schlueter and Christian Toben

Alantra bags €213m debt facility for southern Europe solar portfolio

Commerzbank acquires majority stake in sustainable infra investor

How banks facilitate the sustainable transformation in emerging markets

Christian Toben outlines the challenges faced by emerging markets as they transition towards a sustainable economy - and why financial institutions are part of the solution

Investors 'given free hand' to define sustainable investment under SFDR

The European Commission has declined a request to define what constitutes a sustainable investment under SFDR, a decision which has split industry experts, Michael Hurley writes

Germany mandates 30-year green bond ahead of planned May issue

Germany has mandated six banks as lead managers for its first 30-year green bond, expected to be issued later in May.

'Double materiality' splits market in IFRS sustainability standards consultation

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Ista and Acciona

UPM signs sustainability loan linked to biodiversity goals