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The City of New York is planning in October to raise $700 million from its second social bond, which will be used to build 4,500 affordable homes in the city.

Ginnie Mae will launch a 'social bond label' for investors in its single-family mortgage backed security (MBS) programme from October, which it described as an "important step" for the US government-owned residential mortgage agency.

S&P Global Ratings has finalised the integration of its recently acquired Shades of Green business into its second-party opinion (SPOs) methodology for sustainable finance instruments,...

Pentagreen Capital has penned its first deal, committing $30 million to Philippines-based renewable energy platform, Citicore Solar Energy Corporation.

Italian firm Eni is planning to raise €1 billion ($1.1 billion) from its debut sustainability-linked convertible bond, believed to be the first from the oil and gas sector.

The thorny issue of how to set decarbonisation targets for sovereign debt has split the signatories of the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), leading to a "compromise" of a proposed scoring system.

The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has announced 18 new members to its Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change, launched in September last year as a pilot programme to engage with the Australian government.