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  • ING, SMBC top sustainable loan league tables in 2025

    31 March 2026

    ING was the most active sustainable loan bookrunner in 2025, but SMBC topped the tables in the prestigious sustainability coordinator role.

  • 'Solutions in reach' to scale sustainable aviation fuel, says MUFG

    24 March 2026

    Unlocking financing is key to scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), although buyer uncertainty and high costs remain challenges, MUFG said.

  • Isbank raises $50m from 'blue bond' debut

    27 January 2026

    Türkiye İş Bankası (İşbank) has raised $50 million from its inaugural blue private placement note, a 'blue bond' backed by T Rowe Price.

  • Exclusive: Adaptation blended fund GAIA raises $600m at first close

    03 November 2025

    The adaptation-focused blended finance GAIA Climate Loan fund, managed by Dutch blended finance-focused investor Climate Fund Managers, has raised $600 million at its first close.

  • MUFG and AEON Credit launch MYR500m social loan

    01 October 2025

  • Endeavour Energy strengthens SLL deal with Scope 3 target

    05 September 2025

    Australian electricity firm Endeavour Energy has added a Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target to its sustainability-linked loan (SLL) financing as it refinanced and upsized an existing deal.

  • MUFG's blended GAIA fund set to close by early Autumn

    31 July 2025

    MUFG's GAIA fund, a climate and blended finance platform launched in 2023 with a fundraising target of almost $1.5 billion, is set to close by early Autumn, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • BoJ analysis shows need to improve link between scenarios and transition plans, banks say

    29 July 2025

    The results of scenario analysis by three Japanese megabanks suggest improvements are needed to better link the assessments with corporate transition plans if they are to be used in a similar way to conventional stress tests, according to the Bank of Japan.

  • MUFG becomes seed investor in Singapore ESG platform Gprnt

    22 May 2025

  • Food investors to face insecurity and commercial loss, says First Sentier MUFG

    16 April 2025

    More extreme weather means food investors should expect increased supply chain insecurity and commercial loss, the First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute has warned.