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'Digital inclusion' bonds a 'new benchmark' for Asian social finance
13 February 2026'Digital inclusion' bonds have been hailed as "new benchmark" for social finance in the Asia Pacific region by a Japanese bank, with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) arguing they are a "major step forward" for impactful capital markets.
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'Digital inclusion' bonds have 'untapped potential' in emerging markets
10 February 2026Dedicated 'digital inclusion' bonds could help access the "untapped" digital social finance opportunity in emerging markets, according to Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CA-CIB).
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Make international transition finance work more coherent, Japanese bank urges
09 September 2025A plethora of guidance and frameworks on transition finance complicates efforts to focus private capital to where it is most needed, according to a senior banker at Sumitomo Mitsui.
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Japanese transition hindered by lobbying, says Market Forces
14 April 2023Intense lobbying from heavy industry in Japan is hindering progress and ambition from both government and financial institutions, Market Forces said.
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Japan's largest banks hit by shareholder climate action
12 April 2023Japan's six largest banks and energy companies have been hit by shareholder calls to disclose decarbonisation plans, over concerns that fossil fuel expansion will result in stranded assets.
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SMTB: Companies concerned about our decarbonisation goals
09 May 2022Corporate clients of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SMTB) are concerned about the bank's decarbonisation commitment, an executive has said.
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Major European banks provided large-scale financial support to coal industry
15 July 2020European banks including Barclays, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale loaned billions of euros to coal companies across the EU in 2019, according to a report.
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Green Bonds round-up, 28 November
28 November 2018France's state-owned postal company La Poste saw its inaugural €500 million ($564 million) green bond attract orders amounting to more than €2.1 billion.
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Three groups dominate Japanese fossil fuel finance, report says
11 September 2018Three financial institutions have been the driving motor powering Japan's fossil fuel industry, according to a study by Dutch research company Profundo.
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Green bond round-up, 11 October 2017
11 October 2017Fiji looking at green bonds, says economy minister Fiji is considering using green bonds to help boost the country's renewable energy resources, according to a senior minister quoted in the local press.
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