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KfW has added biodiversity to its green bond framework as the German development bank aims to raise up to €13 billion ($14 billion) from its green-labelled issuance in 2024.

German development bank KfW is hoping to achieve further currency diversification as it rounds off its €10 billion ($10.9 billion) programme for 2023.

KfW plans to raise a further €10 billion ($10.6 billion) from green bonds in 2023, after the German development bank reached a $65 billion cumulative issuance total in 2022.

Following guidance-busting issuance in 2021 and an expanded green bond framework, KfW's Petra Wehlert tells Ahren Lester that expectations are high that it will surpass its 2022 green bond forecast

German development bank KfW expects to "significantly" exceed its targeted green bond issuance total in 2021..

German development bank KfW is planning to issue up to €10 billion ($12.1 billion) in green bonds in 2020, after raising a record €8.3 billion in 2020, and proposes achieving a net-zero emissions loan portfolio by 2050.

Sovereign green bonds experienced a bumper September, with several new issuers, but Ahren Lester argues other hesitant sovereigns should step-up ahead of COP26 next year to light up this potentially significant market

After a significant jump in green bond issuance in 2019, the KfW capital markets head tells Ahren Lester they still expect 2020 issuance to hit €8 billion and that 'greeniums' have persisted - but don't expect any social or sustainability-linked bonds from the development bank.

Nearly 400 delegates attended the conference, now in its ninth year`

Bonds issued by German development bank KfW appear to trade at a slight premium to their vanilla counterparts, Environmental Finance's ESG and Fixed Income conference heard.