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  • IFC commits $100m to HSBC's EM sustainable bond strategy

    02 October 2024
  • IFC anchors 'first green bond from European steel industry'

    27 September 2024
  • NZAOA calls for systemic policy interventions to keep 1.5°C alive

    27 September 2024

    The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA) has urged governments to commit to, and implement, "systemic" policy reforms that limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

  • IFC issues second 'blue'-focused green bond

    13 September 2024

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has raised SEK2.6 billion ($252 million) from the second green bond it has issued to promote its 'blue' finance projects amid rising investor interest in sustainable water and ocean-related investments.

  • Jordan Ahli Bank issues 'landmark' first sustainability bond

    27 August 2024

    Jordan Ahli Bank (JAB) has raised $50 million from the first sustainability bond by a Jordanian issuer.

  • IFC commits $50m to TIG's $1bn LatAm reforestation strategy

    29 July 2024
  • BBVA Colombia and IFC launch 'world's first' biodiversity bond

    15 July 2024

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

  • M&G increases commitment for responAbility's gender-focused fund

    02 July 2024
  • JETPs slow with execution and delivery, say banks

    06 June 2024

    Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are slow with their execution and delivery, despite ambitious approaches, a group of banks and investors have claimed.

  • Emerging market GSSS issuance hits all-time high in 2023, Amundi report finds

    23 May 2024

    Green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond issuance in emerging markets reached an all-time high last year, according to a joint report by Amundi and the International Finance Corporation, largely driven by growth outside of China.