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CA-CIB leads 2023 sustainable loan coordinator deal-making
05 February 2024Crédit Agricole CIB (CA-CIB) served as sustainability coordinator on 60 sustainable loan deals in 2023, making the French bank the most active coordinator of the year.
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Blue bonds look set to grow in interest, predicts Sustainable Fitch
02 February 2024Amid a rise in labelled bonds with water management characteristics and growing focus on water risk, Sustainable Fitch has predicted that blue bonds will see growth in 2024.
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Ontario adds nuclear, social projects to sustainable bond programme
02 February 2024Ontario is preparing to finance nuclear power and social projects through sustainable bonds, after the long-standing green bond issuer updated and expanded its decade-old framework.
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Record 2023 green issuance leads sustainable bond rebound
02 February 2024Record-breaking green bond issuance led annual sustainable bond issuance back to growth in 2023 and just short of crossing the $1 trillion milestone once again.
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Loan round-up: CALC, Aguas Pacifico, NYK Line ... and more
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Fortum publishes 'nuclear' green finance framework
01 February 2024Finnish power firm Fortum has published a green finance framework which includes nuclear power projects in its eligible categories, joining a small number of European issuers incorporating the contested 'green' technology in their plans.
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AfDB: 'Record' orderbook for landmark 'sustainable hybrid' bond
31 January 2024The African Development Bank (AfDB) said its ground-breaking debut 'sustainable hybrid' capital bond attracted a "record" orderbook for the multi-lateral development bank (MDB), with the $750 million deal more than eight-times oversubscribed.
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Bond round-up: Queensland, BADEA, IBRD, ... and more
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BADEA issues social bond for debut bond deal
31 January 2024The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) issued a social bond, as it marked the "significant milestone" of its first ever bond issuance.
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UK to raise £2.5bn from first 2024 green bond deal
31 January 2024The UK will raise £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) from a tap of its 2053 sovereign green bond in an auction to take place next week, marking the start of its 2024 sustainable bond issuance after a record-breaking 2023.