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KfW plans €10bn green bond issuance in 2022 after record 2021
21 December 2021Following guidance-busting issuance in 2021 and an expanded green bond framework, KfW's Petra Wehlert tells Ahren Lester that expectations are high that it will surpass its 2022 green bond forecast
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KfW launches Latin America green bond fund
11 November 2021KfW has invested €74 million ($86 million) in a Latin America green bond fund the German development bank has initiated...
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Ground-breaking BlackRock public-private EM climate fund exceeds target
02 November 2021BlackRock has announced its flagship public-private financing Emerging Market (EM) climate infrastructure investment fund has raised more than $670 million...
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KfW expects to 'significantly' exceed 2021 green bond issuance target
22 September 2021German development bank KfW expects to "significantly" exceed its targeted green bond issuance total in 2021..
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Sustainability-linked bond growth softens second quarter sustainable bond slowdown
13 July 2021Sustainability-linked bond issuance in the second quarter of 2021 tripled on the first three months of the year...
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Environmental Finance celebrates World Oceans Day
07 June 2021To coincide with the UN World Oceans Day, Environmental Finance will host a thematic briefing afternoon focusing on oceans and the blue economy, to examine one of the most exciting areas of natural capital investment.
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Change on the horizon for green bond impact reporting
04 February 2021Proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) and the pending launch of a platform designed to make it easier for investors to access data signal change for green bond impact reporting, according to participants of a webinar on the subject.
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KfW plans to raise €10bn from green bonds in 2021
16 December 2020German development bank KfW is planning to issue up to €10 billion ($12.1 billion) in green bonds in 2020, after raising a record €8.3 billion in 2020, and proposes achieving a net-zero emissions loan portfolio by 2050.
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BlueOrchard launches Covid-19 support impact fund
09 November 2020BlueOrchard Finance has launched a $140 million impact fund to help financial institutions provide financing to micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) in emerging and frontier markets as they respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
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News round-up: Investors go to work on deforestation, DFIs go fossil fuel-free
05 November 2020€1.8trn of investors urge companies to tackle deforestation