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Enliven Housing signs AUD480m social loan debut
29 April 2026Enliven Housing has secured a AUD480 million ($345 million) social loan facility to finance its development of specialist disability accommodation in Australia.
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BRAC Bank issues first-ever Bangladesh social bond
28 April 2026BRAC Bank has raised BDT10 billion ($81 million) from the first social bond issued by an issuer in Bangladesh, with hopes it will spawn a broader sustainable bond programme from the South Asian commercial bank.
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NRW.Bank ready for 'EuGB' debut in 'near term'
28 April 2026NRW.Bank has published its 'European Green Bond' (EuGB) factsheet ahead of a benchmark-sized debut transaction using the EU-regulated sustainable bond label in the "near term".
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Kenya's KMRC launches pioneering KES3bn sustainability bond debut
28 April 2026The Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company (KMRC) has launched a debut sustainability bond worth up to KES3 billion ($27 million), believed to be the first to use the label in the East African country.
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Invesco: Bond client sustainable engagement targets 'trending higher'
27 April 2026Institutional investors are increasingly setting sustainability engagement targets for their conventional fixed income asset managers, according to Invesco.
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'Granular' sustainability exclusions 'more preferable' for transition fixed income
27 April 2026Fixed income investors are increasingly using issuer- rather than sector-level exclusions to support their sustainable engagement and investment activities, an Environmental Finance event has heard.
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'EuGB' market struggles with Commission flip-flops
27 April 2026Issuance of the ground-breaking regulated green bond label has been strong, but Commission interventions are hindering issuer uptake. Ahren Lester reports
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LGX: Attribution needed to 'turn impact metrics into meaning' (Debt conference)
24 April 2026Sustainable bond issuers need to provide clearer contextualisation for their impact data, to avoid the risk of it becoming "meaningless" for investors, Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) told an Environmental Finance event.
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Transition loans still struggling with 'murky' divide from green (Debt conference)
24 April 2026Six months after publishing the Transition Loan Principles (TLP), the market is still tussling with the challenge of the distinction from 'green loans', and when do transition investments stop being transitional.
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Sustainable Debt EMEA 2026 conference round-up
24 April 2026Ahren Lester looks back on another successful event which highlights ambition is being accelerated, rather than arrested, despite tough markets
- EU banks to be quizzed on climate-related 'financial turmoil' in stress test
- NatureMetrics launches nature risk tool
- German sustainable finance expert group handed 'simplification' mandate
- How a Super El Niño could drive food price spikes
- SBTi's Corporate Net Zero Standard 2.0 unveils role for carbon credits
- Taxonomies 'naturally converging' amid 'structured chaos'
- Making sense of sustainable finance in a Trumpian world
- Akademiker engaging with car giants on deforestation
- The ESG ratings reckoning
- New Forests aims to raise $750m for first global nat cap strategy
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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.