Ahren Lester

Record orderbook for $6.5bn World Bank sustainable bond

The World Bank secured more than $22 billion in orders for its $6.5 billion dual-tranche Sustainable Development Bond (SDB), which the development bank said was the largest orderbook it has secured to date.

NIB closes in on record green bond issuance as framework update looms

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is on track for record green bond issuance in 2024 following the latest deal from the long-standing issuer, with its updated framework also expected in the "coming weeks".

Mining set to benefit from 'significant' ICMA 'green enabling' update

The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) guidance on eligible 'green enabling' projects for sustainable bonds is a "significant expansion" of use-of-proceeds, according to Sustainable Fitch- with mining projects set to particularly benefit.

Scotiabank Mexico readies debut green bond

Emirates NBD developing 'Sharia first' sustainable finance framework

Emirates NBD is preparing to publish an innovative framework for sustainable bond and sukuk issuance in October, which it hopes will help scale the Islamic sustainable finance market.

SEBI targets social, sustainability-linked and securitised debt in rule extension

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is considering expanding its green bond framework to include social, sustainability and sustainability-linked fixed income instruments and securitised debt.

'Green bonds cheaper than ever before'

The "yield disadvantage" of corporate green bonds compared with their 'vanilla' equivalents has "decreased significantly" in several areas of the market - making them an "interesting addition" to sustainable fixed income portfolios, according Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB).

ICMA sustainable commercial paper guidance expected in 2024

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) is expecting to publish long-awaited guidance on issuing sustainable commercial paper (CP) by the end of 2024 as interest in the instrument grows.

Costa Rican sustainable finance taxonomy launched

The major financial regulators of Costa Rica have vowed to "promote and integrate" the national sustainable finance taxonomy into their activities after the Latin American country published the landmark 'green' list.

World Bank issues landmark Amazon reforestation-linked bond

The World Bank has raised $225 million from its biggest ever outcomes-based bond that links its coupon payments to verified carbon removal credits generated by reforestation projects in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.