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Just transition: Sustainable bond guidance to unlock 'immense promise'

An initiative has been launched to develop "practical" guidance to integrate 'just transition' considerations into sustainable bond markets, amid fears the theme has been "lost in translation" within allocation and impact reporting.

CEB: Record social bond issuance after 'tightest ever' $1bn deal

Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) said its $1 billion social bond was almost four-times oversubscribed, with the deal sending 2026 issuance from the long-standing issuer to record highs.

Investors 'have lost interest' in social bonds (Debt conference)

Investors seem to have "lost interest" in social bond investments, sparking fund closures and allocations to the segment dropping precipitously since a peak around the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a fund manager.

CEB social bonds primed for issuance and framework growth

Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) is on track for record-breaking social bond issuance in 2026, as the pioneering issuer looks at 'just transition' and environmental co-benefits as future innovations in the 'resilient' asset class.

Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

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.

COP29: MDBs update 'common framework' and pledge $120bn to climate financing

'Just transition' data a work in progress, development bank claims

A development bank is working on metrics to measure and report on 'just transition', an Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt EMEA conference in London has heard.

Bond round-up: Smurfit Kappa, Colombia, CEB ... and more

CEB issues 'first' social bond targeting Ukraine refugee crisis

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) 'social inclusion bond' to fund the response to the Ukraine refugee crisis caused by the country's invasion by Russia, believed to be the first social bond to target the crisis.