Green Bonds

  • KfW sails past $100bn green bond milestone amid upsized 2025 plans

    14 May 2025

    KfW has now crossed the $100 billion green bond issuance milestone after a €4 billion ($4.5 billion) deal, with the German development bank expecting to surpass its initial €10 billion green bond fundraise target in 2025.

  • Sustainable debt round-up: France, EDF, Scottish Power ... and more

    14 May 2025
  • SocGen: Blue bonds push is a 'positive move'

    14 May 2025

    Although cautious about the need for additional sustainable bond labels, Société Générale argues that 'blue bonds' are a "positive"...

  • Sustainable bonds still present 'challenge' for EU 'dark green' funds

    13 May 2025

    EU regulatory focus on 'look-through' impact assessment for labelled sustainable bond investments poses a challenge for EU 'dark green' funds, according to MainStreet Partners - despite strong compliance between sustainable bonds and Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (PAB).

  • ResponsAbility, IDB Invest finance $26m green bond for Royal America

    12 May 2025
  • Sustainable Fitch: Social-themed debt resilient despite broader labelled bond decline

    09 May 2025
  • Iberdrola issues first green bond under EU standard

    08 May 2025
  • Sustainable debt round-up: IBRD, Singapore, Invenergy ... and more

    07 May 2025
  • UAE has 'immense potential' for green bond issuance diversification

    01 May 2025

    From Ahren Lester in Abu Dhabi

  • Just transition is growing in importance in Gulf sustainable finance

    01 May 2025

    From Ahren Lester in Abu Dhabi

  • Sustainable debt round-up: Singapore, SSAB, Hyundai Card ... and more

    30 April 2025
  • Gulf should become the 'Silicon Valley of sustainable finance', says GCFC

    30 April 2025

    Genevieve Redgrave reporting from Abu Dhabi

  • Nordea loans SEK628m to 211MW BESS portfolio

    28 April 2025
  • Pakistan readies sovereign green sukuk and 'Panda' bond

    25 April 2025

    Pakistan is expected to issue a sovereign green sukuk and Chinese renminbi-denominated 'Panda' bond in 2025, as the central bank also prepares to publish a green taxonomy by June.

  • Sustainable debt round-up: CAFFIL, NYK Line, Akbank ... and more

    23 April 2025

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Average coupon of sustainable bonds by quarter

2024 was a story of two halves for sustainable bond coupon rates. The first half of the year saw coupons edge up to an average of 5.06% in Q2 - the highest they have been during five year period looked at in the below chart. After the second quarter there was a sharp decline in average coupon rates to 4.13% in Q3, falling further to 4% in Q4.  Even with the decline in the second half of the year, average coupons for full year 2024 were the highest they have been over this five-year period.

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