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FAB issues 'milestone' HKD390m 'blue bond'
28 August 2025First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has become the first Gulf bank to issue a 'blue bond', describing the HKD390 million ($50 million) deal as a "defining milestone".
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Gulf Transition and Sustainable Finance 2025 conference round-up
01 May 2025Nearly 18 months after the UAE hosted the mammoth COP28 summit, Environmental Finance's focused and thoughtful new event in Abu Dhabi highlighted a region ready to pitch a pragmatic but proactive approach to the transition. Ahren Lester reports
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Gulf can 'lead the way' on ESG disclosure for capital markets
01 May 2025From Ahren Lester in Abu Dhabi
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CA-CIB issues debut 'Sustainability-linked Loan Bond'
19 July 2024French lender Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB) has launched a JPY3 billion ($19 million) bond focused on financing a portfolio of sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) following a detailed set of 'best-in-class' practices.
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EIB issues 'first' digital green bond in Europe
20 June 2023The European Investment Bank (EIB) has raised SEK1 billion ($93 million) from the first "digital green bond" in Europe, which was issued through an open source platform developed by SEB and Crédit Agricole CIB (CA-CIB).
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A definition of unsustainable finance is needed for debt capital market growth
06 October 2021A common definition of what is unsustainable is needed to boost the growth of sustainable debt capital markets...
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Sustainability Linked Bond Principles get first birthday present - further metric guidance
11 June 2021One year after they were first published, the developers of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) have provided some illustrative metrics...
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Green Bond Principles tightens 'key' recommendations to reflect market best practice
10 June 2021Three years after the last update, the widely adopted Green Bond Principles has received a raft of updates to bring it in line with the developing best practice in the global sustainable bond market. Ahren Lester reports
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Social bond fund growth is coming - but perhaps not imminently
14 April 2021After social bond issuance jumped nine-fold in 2020, attention is increasingly turning to the lack of dedicated social bond funds. They are expected to arrive, but perhaps not immediately. Ahren Lester reports
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Landmark Italian green bond ten-times oversubscribed
05 March 2021Italy has issued the largest ever sovereign green bond with its €8.5 billion ($10.2 billion) maiden green note, which was nearly ten times oversubscribed by investors.