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  • 'Blue bonds are next big wave in sustainable finance'

    12 January 2026

    'Blue bonds' are the most international and resilient sustainable finance asset class in a politically charged world, and highly scalable even among corporates, according to Emirates NBD.

  • Emirates NBD issues pioneering $1bn blue, green bond

    07 January 2026

    Emirates NBD has raised $1 billion from a dual-tranche 'blue' and green bond transaction, which demonstrates the growing demand for blue finance.

  • TNFD, two years on: difficult but useful

    27 October 2025

    Financial institutions are beginning to integrate findings from TNFD reporting into their products, but tell Genevieve Redgrave that data remains a challenge for more sophisticated reporting

  • Webinar: Middle East poised for sustainable finance growth, says Emirates NBD

    16 October 2025

    The Middle East is set for another strong year of sustainable bond issuance as more issuers and investors embrace sustainability within their business models, according to Emirates NBD.

  • Webinar: 'Sustainability practitioners need to talk the bottom line for sustainability to become strategy'

    15 October 2025

    Sustainability practitioners in the Middle East need to be able to talk about what impact sustainability can have on the 'bottom line' for it to become more mainstream and to drive growth in the region, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

  • Emirates NBD to publish TNFD report later this year

    25 July 2025

    Emirates NBD plans to publish its Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) report later this year, but difficulties on data remain.

  • UAE taking lead from 'pragmatic' ASEAN Taxonomy, rather than EU's

    01 May 2025

    From Ahren Lester in Abu Dhabi

  • Just transition is growing in importance in Gulf sustainable finance

    01 May 2025

    From Ahren Lester in Abu Dhabi

  • 'SLLBs are a really interesting lever for SLL markets'

    07 April 2025

    Sustainability-Linked Loan Bonds (SLLBs) provided a powerful lever for borrowers, lenders and investors to understand and enhance sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), an Environmental Finance event heard.