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  • World Bank releases 'game-changing' streamlined impact metrics

    11 April 2024

    The World Bank has released a new impact outcomes 'scorecard' which will be deployed across all its institutions for the first time, which was described as "game-changing" for the development bank.

  • IFC backs BNPP Poland with $548m sustainable significant risk transfer

    10 April 2024

    BNP Paribas Bank Polska (BNPP Poland) has agreed a $548 million synthetic significant risk transfer transaction (SRT) with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) which will help it to issue sustainable loans.

  • BRD secures first sustainability-linked risk transfer deal with IFC

    04 April 2024
  • Climate Bonds Initiative names advisory board, to consult on new climate resilience taxonomy

    29 February 2024
  • Eskhata Bank secures first green bond in Tajikistan

    19 February 2024

    Eskhata Bank has raised the equivalent of $10 million in local currency from its debut green bond, which is the first sustainable bond issued in Tajikistan.

  • Iberdrola secures €300m EM-focused 'sustainability-linked green' loan

    10 January 2024

    Iberdrola has signed a €300 million ($328 million) sustainability-linked green loan with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) which will be used to finance renewable energy projects in coal-reliant emerging markets.

  • Loan round-up XYD Financial, Sanko Holding, Pattern Energy ... and more

    04 January 2024
  • COP28: IRENA's Energy Transition Accelerator grows four-fold to $4bn

    05 December 2023
  • IFC, T Rowe Price to launch 'first' blue bond fund

    20 November 2023

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and T Rowe Price are preparing to launch the first dedicated 'blue' bond investment strategy to support sustainable marine and water investment from companies and financial institutions in emerging markets.

  • Emerging market ESG disclosure impact on sustainable bond issuance research launched

    30 October 2023

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Environmental Finance have published the first in a trio of free-to-read research papers on the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure levels on sustainable bond issuance in emerging markets.