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EU GBS: 2025 focus on 'how to cope' with asset challenges, says KfW
12 December 2024German development bank KfW does not expect much issuance using the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) in 2025, but the long-standing green bond issuer said it would focus on "how to cope" with the challenges the 'gold standard' rules create around identifying eligible assets.
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KfW announces €10bn green bond programme for 2025
10 December 2024German development bank KfW is planning to raise around €10 billion ($10.6 billion) from green bonds in 2025, which puts the third largest green bond issuer in the world on track to cross the $100 billion cumulative issuance...
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KfW: 'Greenium discussion is back' with €4bn green bond
01 May 2024KfW has raised €4 billion ($4.3 billion) from an "extraordinary" green bond of 2024, which the German development bank said reopens the discussions around the 'greenium' for green bonds.
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KfW adds biodiversity as it launches €13bn green bond programme for 2024
07 December 2023KfW 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.
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KfW eyes currency diversification ahead of 'busy weeks' for green bond programme
18 August 2023German development bank KfW is hoping to achieve further currency diversification as it rounds off its €10 billion ($10.9 billion) programme for 2023.
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KfW targeting €10bn green bond issuance in 2023
19 December 2022KfW 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.
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KfW plans €10bn green bond issuance in 2022 after record 2021
21 December 2021Following 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
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KfW expects to 'significantly' exceed 2021 green bond issuance target
22 September 2021German development bank KfW expects to "significantly" exceed its targeted green bond issuance total in 2021..
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KfW plans to raise €10bn from green bonds in 2021
16 December 2020German 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.
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Green bond comment, November: Time is ripe for sovereigns to finally step up
04 November 2020Sovereign 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