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Gulf Transition and Sustainable Finance 2025 conference round-up

Nearly 18 months after the UAE hosted the mammoth COP28 summit, Environmental Finance's focused and thoughtful new event in Abu Dhabi highlighted a region ready to pitch a pragmatic but proactive approach to the transition. Ahren Lester reports

Gulf can 'lead the way' on ESG disclosure for capital markets

From Ahren Lester in Abu Dhabi

China raises CNY6bn from 'milestone' debut sovereign green bond

China has raised CNY6 billion ($824 million) from a dual-tranche sovereign green bond, described as a "milestone" deal that could encourage other Chinese issuers to enter the market.

'AI could offer better green bond impact and incentives from day one'

Artificial intelligence (AI) could provide an opportunity for green bonds to become "more incentivising and transparent" around impact from the very earliest structuring phase,...

People Moves, 14 March: Circularity Capital; Actis; Credit Agricole ... and more

KHNP issues first 'nuclear' green bond in Asia

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) has raised HKD1.2 billion ($154 million) from a "landmark" green bond focused on nuclear power projects, as the challenging low-carbon energy source continues to establish itself in green bond markets.

RGREEN to manage transition fund for Crédit Agricole

'Dense and difficult to understand', French regulator says of taxonomy disclosures

French banks and insurers have been told by their regulator to improve their taxonomy reporting after it criticised "dense and difficult to understand" disclosures that also omitted information that was required.

LATAM Airlines signs 'milestone' sustainability-linked loan

LATAM Airlines has become the first South American airline to sign a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), with the Chile-based firm seeing the debut deal as the first step to further sustainable finance transactions - including sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).

US investors still 'actively seeking green bonds'

As the US green bond market continues to struggle, investors must fix sustainable bond demand 'communication break', participants tell Ahren Lester