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Cardano: 'We are stricter on SLBs - they must be something special'
14 August 2025Sustainable bond issuers have been urged to not be "opportunistic" with sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), with Dutch asset manager Cardano arguing they like the performance-based instrument but it must be "something special" for it to buy.
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'Growing interest in blue bonds within Asian bond market'
14 August 2025Asian issuers are "actively exploring" blue bonds as the region continues to drive forward its "distinctive" and increasingly major role in global sustainable finance markets, according to Amundi.
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Defence investors should 'learn lessons' from sustainable debt market
13 August 2025Defence sector investors and financiers should "implement lessons learned" from the sustainable debt market, especially private equity firms.
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'Breakthrough' IMO net zero shipping framework 'in danger' after US rejection
13 August 2025A retaliatory rejection by the US of a "significant" net-zero shipping framework has put its final adoption "in danger" and makes it even more challenging for the hard-to-abate sector to meet its decarbonisation targets, according to ING.
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'Unique' Australian green bond allocations 'really resonated' with investors
12 August 2025Sovereign sustainable bond issuers have been encouraged to identify "really unique" allocations after the Australian green bond experience highlighted how these piqued the interest of investors, according to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
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Japan: Lack of 'green' taxonomy is 'weakest point' in sustainable debt market
12 August 2025The lack of a sustainable taxonomy in Japan remains the "weakest point" in the sustainable bond and loan market in the country, according to a senior market expert - and it is unclear who could develop one.
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'Valuable' SLB structure 'opened up' by innovative Auckland deal
12 August 2025The unique Auckland Council sustainability-linked bond (SLB) could help point the market in a new direction, reports Ahren Lester
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'Limited' natural gas role in transition gathering acceptance
11 August 2025After initially being rejected as a transition 'bridging' fuel, natural gas is gathering greater acceptance as having a more fundamental but "limited" role in the low-carbon transition journey.
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Euro corporate sustainable bond decline is 'canary in coalmine' for market
11 August 2025The significant slowdown in euro-denominated corporate sustainable bond issuance in 2025 to date may be just a "blip," but UniCredit warns for the next few months the market will be the 'canary in the coalmine' for the market as a whole.
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Cebu Landmasters raises PHP3bn from second sustainability-linked deal
08 August 2025Filippino property development firm Cebu Landmasters has raised PHP3 billion ($52 million) from its second performance-based sustainability-linked debt deal in 2025.
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Latvenergo raises €300m through second EuGB issuance
18 June 2026Latvia's state-owned utility Latvenergo has raised €300 million ($344 million) through a seven-year European Green Bond (EuGB), to finance a major renewable energy expansion programme across the Baltic region.
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Draft ESRS for non-EU companies unveiled
18 June 2026Draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for reporting by companies based outside the EU but generating large revenues in the bloc have been published, in advance of a vote to approve them for consultation next month.
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Sanctuary raises £350m through inaugural sustainability bond
18 June 2026UK housing association Sanctuary has raised £350 million ($402 million) through its inaugural sustainability bond, attracting an orderbook of more than £1.3 billion.
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PGGM: We really see return and impact value in blue bonds
18 June 2026Blue bonds will become more important as nature and biodiversity goals among institutional investors grow, Raymond van Wersch tells Ahren Lester
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Middle East deal won't pull the plug on electrification drive, says Vontobel
18 June 2026Energy efficiency and electrification will remain dominant themes, even after the Iran-US conflict is resolved, says Vontobel Asset Management, as economies resolve to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world.