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Egypt: 'Very rare' sovereign social bond debut 'really well received'

Egypt has raised $1 billion from its first social bond almost four years after it expanded its green bond framework, becoming one of only a handful of sovereign social bond issuers to date.

GuarantCo guarantees bonds to support digital infrastructure in Indonesia

Beyond aid - the case for a new development compact

The architecture that governs development finance is no longer fit for purpose, writes Leslie Maasdorp

H2O Innovation's blue loan 'could be followed by blue bond'

Canadian water treatment technology firm H2O Innovation said its "milestone" $200 million 'blue loan' is intended as the first step towards a 'blue bond,' with the water-focused sustainable financing theme cutting through 'anti-ESG' sentiment.

HSBC launches $4bn credit facility for low-carbon companies in China

Video: Lloyds' Annabel Ross on the state of the sustainable bond market

'Nature still cannot be priced'

It is not possible to definitively know the financial materiality of nature risk, Scientific Climate Ratings told Environmental Finance, explaining why it does not yet offer a product relating to it.

Confusion and ambiguity clouding nature risk visibility, says ISS STOXX

New methods for evaluating nature risk are needed to assess the financial resilience of portfolios, as existing tools often don't go deep enough, according to ISS STOXX.

Kenya's KMRC debut sustainability bond three-times oversubscribed

Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company (KMRC) said its debut sustainability bond attracted orders worth KES9.4 billion ($73 million) - more than three times the initial KES3 billion target.

CDL secures SGD300m sustainability-linked loan

Real estate firm City Developments Limited (CDL) has secured a SGD300 million ($234 million) multi-currency sustainability-linked loan from DBS Bank tied to climate and biodiversity-related targets.