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  • Indonesia oil and gas firm urged to pioneer 'logical' methane-abatement SLB

    02 June 2025

    Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina has a "logical opportunity" to issue a methane-abatement focused sustainability-linked bond (SLB) to provide an "attractive starting point" for investors to back its long-term transition.

  • Philippine bank closes sustainability bonds early amid 'considerable demand'

    27 May 2025

    The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has closed the offer period early for its debut PHP5 billion ($90 million) sustainability bond after the deal secured "considerable demand" from investors.

  • Pakistan makes 'strong step forward' with debut sovereign green sukuk

    19 May 2025

    Pakistan has raised PKR32 billion ($113 million) from its debut sovereign green sukuk, with the "milestone" deal more than five-times oversubscribed and expectations for more sustainable sukuk deals in the country.

  • Two Nepalese banks inaugurate local green bond market

    15 May 2025

    The Nepalese green bond market has been kick-started after two banks in the country issued debut green bonds in recent weeks.

  • New Forests acquires Laos timber company

    02 May 2025

    New Forests has acquired a timber plantation forestry company in Laos, as part of its plans to scale up operations in the country.

  • Pakistan readies sovereign green sukuk and 'Panda' bond

    25 April 2025

    Pakistan is expected to issue a sovereign green sukuk and Chinese renminbi-denominated 'Panda' bond in 2025, as the central bank also prepares to publish a green taxonomy by June.

  • GPIF sustainability policy an 'important signal' for Asia-Pacific transition

    16 April 2025

    The creation of a formal sustainable investment policy by Japan's $1.8 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) sets an important signal for shareholder advocacy in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC).

  • New Agriculture launches agricultural landscapes strategy

    14 April 2025

    New Agriculture has launched a new nature-based strategy for institutional investors, which will target improvements to agricultural landscapes across Australia and New Zealand.

  • Schroders sets path for Apple to address Scope 3 emissions with new fund

    11 April 2025

    Schroders is helping Apple offset its Scope 3 emissions for a second time, Environmental Finance has learned, after it committed $100 million to a new China renewable energy strategy.

  • Climate adaptation investment hampered by 'fragmented' solutions

    10 April 2025

    Investment in climate adaptation and resilience projects is being held back by a tendency towards focusing on "fragmented or incremental" solutions rather than system-wide plans - even in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).