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Folksam backs first 'road safety' bond from World Bank

Swedish insurance firm Folksam has fully invested in a SEK1 billion ($93 million) Sustainable Development Bond from the World Bank, which is believed to be the first focused on road safety enhancing projects in developing countries.

World Bank integrates COP15 targets into biodiversity finance guide

World Bank issues 'unique' carbon credit-linked bond

The World Bank has raised $50 million from an outcomes-based bond which links its coupon payments to verified carbon credits generated by a water purification project, described as a "unique" and "important" deal by investors backing the transaction.

World Bank sees 'global interest' in sovereign sustainability-linked bonds

The World Bank hopes to fuel "global interest" among sovereigns in issuing sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), and the development bank is rapidly expanding its initiatives to support the market

World Bank, Banco do Brasil launch $500m sustainability-linked loan project

The World Bank has agreed a $500 million package to support lending through sustainability-linked finance to Brazilian firms via Banco do Brasil,...

World Bank launches 'biodiversity awareness' focused sustainability bond

Four action areas to help close the gap in nature finance

Financing for the nature crisis will be as critical as the climate crisis and needs urgent attention, argue Soumya Balasubramanya, Elisson Wright and Raffaello Cervigni

Global carbon credit registry integration project launched

The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), World Bank and Singapore have launched a open-source project to improve interoperability of global carbon credit registries.

UN plans 'restoration taxonomy' to boost private sector funding

A UN-led initiative is planning to develop a taxonomy of ecosystem restoration activities in order to scale finance for projects from both the private and public sector, amid a significant funding gap.

Platform to provide open carbon credit data