Archive

EU GBS: 2025 focus on 'how to cope' with asset challenges, says KfW

German 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.

Investors invited to apply for UK govt's £100m EM climate finance facility

The UK Government will open applications for asset managers to secure funding from its £100 million ($127.4 million) emerging markets-focused facility in the New Year.

Railpen urges firms to resist 'race to the bottom'

KfW announces €10bn green bond programme for 2025

German 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...

'Quiet influence': CTFH has helped make sustainable bond frameworks 'meatier'

The 'Climate Transition Finance Handbook' (CTFH) has helped push the sustainable bond market make the issuer strategy section of frameworks "meatier," according to Natixis.

Croatian pharmaceutical firm issues milestone SLB

Jadran-Galenski Laboratorij (JGL) has raised €60 million ($64 million) from its debut sustainability-linked bond (SLB), which is the largest issuance of the performance-based instrument from a private company and the first from a pharmaceutical firm in the country.

ESG IDP updates private credit reporting harmonisation template

The ESG Integrated Disclosure Project (ESG IDP) has updated its private credit-focused standardised reporting template and announced new appointments to its industry-led executive committee (ExCom).

Halyk Bank issues first bank green bond from Kazakhstan

Almaty-based lender Halyk Bank has raised KZT20 billion ($38 million) from the first green bond issued by a commercial bank in Kazakhstan.

Quadrupling of restoration finance needed by 2030, warns UNEP

Restoration finance remains "relatively modest" amongst the private sector, a new report by the UN Environment Programme, as it called for a quadrupling of flows by 2030.

LATAM Airlines signs 'milestone' sustainability-linked loan

LATAM Airlines has become the first South American airline to sign a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), with the Chile-based firm seeing the debut deal as the first step to further sustainable finance transactions - including sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).