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ING, SMBC top sustainable loan league tables in 2025
31 March 2026ING was the most active sustainable loan bookrunner in 2025, but SMBC topped the tables in the prestigious sustainability coordinator role.
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SMBC raises $500m from pioneering 'digital inclusion' social bond
04 February 2026Japanese lender SMBC Group has raised $500 million from the first 'digital inclusion bond,' more than four years after the World Economic Forum (WEF) published guidelines for the social bond sub-label.
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Japan views transition bond label as boon for its GX strategy
07 November 2025By Michael Hurley in Tokyo
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VPN issues first Australian Taxonomy-aligned green bond
17 October 2025Victoria Power Networks (VPN) has raised AUD750 million ($487 million) from the first green bond to be aligned with the recently published Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy.
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Issuer-investor communication gaps still hinder EM sustainable debt
19 September 2025Emerging market (EM) issuers risk losing investors by failing to communicate sustainability strategies clearly, according to speakers at Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt Americas 2025 conference.
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Latest Environmental Finance COP Insight published
08 November 2024Environmental Finance has published a COP-focused special report in the build up to COP29 taking place in Baku next week.
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Unlocking capital to drive a nature-positive economy
Nature remains an underinvested yet critical sustainability imperative in Asia Pacific. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation's latest report explores how we can unlock capital to drive a stable and nature-positive economy
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 returns to New York next week
12 September 2024Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt conference returns to New York next week, Thursday 19 September. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a 30% discount to attend.
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Putting fund finance on a sustainable footing
Europe's private equity fund finance market is embracing sustainable finance techniques developed for labelled debt. SMBC Group's Natalya Tueva, Eleni Askianaki and Indira Masullo explain
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IIGCC to step up pressure on banks to demonstrate action on net zero
06 June 2023A group representing investors with €65 trillion ($70 trillion) in assets under management has published a set of expectations for banks, as they push for more details on how banks will act on pledges to achieve net zero emissions.