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IFC mandates benchmark five-year US dollar green bond
07 July 2026The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has mandated underwriters for a benchmark-sized five-year US dollar green bond.
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ASTM publishes inaugural green finance framework
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TenneT Germany plans inaugural bond issuance with EuGB
06 July 2026TenneT Germany is preparing to make its debut in the debt capital markets and its first-ever bond issuance with a European Green Bond (EuGB).
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Garanti BBVA issues €30m green bond for sustainable agriculture in Türkiye
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Video: SGXs Herry Cho on sustainable finance market development in Asia
03 July 2026Herry Cho, head of sustainability & sustainable finance at SGX Group, discusses how it is supporting the development of sustainable debt and transition finance across Asia.
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Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing
01 July 2026Institutional investors should find ways to address the "tension" emerging between how they manage their corporate and sovereign bond portfolios around decarbonisation, according to an influential fixed income expert.
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Banco BPM enters growing green Tier 2 bond market
01 July 2026Banco BPM has issued a €500 million ($570 million) green Tier 2 bond, which the lender said is the first green subordinated Tier 2 instrument launched by an Italian bank, as the labelled subordinated bond market continues its gradual growth.
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Sustainable debt round-up: BBVA, Iberdrola, Republic of Austria ... and more
01 July 2026 -
New Zealand LGFA launches water-focused sustainability-linked loan programme
01 July 2026The New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) has launched a pioneering sustainability-linked loan (SLL) programme focused on local government water companies.
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ING remains upbeat on sustainable debt, despite slow start to year
30 June 2026Strong demand for plain vanilla bonds and the US-Iran conflict have impacted sustainable debt issuance this year, according to ING, although it has maintained its prediction that labelled debt issuance will surpass $1.6 trillion in 2026.
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Edentree ponders flexible sustainable bond strategies to tackle transition, EM
30 June 2026Edentree Investment Management (IM) is looking at new products to tackle transition and emerging market fixed income opportunities amid an "uneasy fit" in established - but restrictive - sustainable bond strategies.
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French local government lender to start issuing green and social bonds
30 June 2026French local government lender Agence France Locale (AFL) has updated its sustainable finance framework, enabling it to issue standalone green and social bonds alongside sustainability bonds.
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We don't need a 'Just Transition' bond label
29 June 2026We could be reaching a turning point for integrating 'just transition' into sustainable finance - but a 'Just Transition' bond label is not needed, according to a leading thinker on the theme.
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Sustainable loan issuance
The sustainable loan market has grown significantly since 2020. In this period, the sustainability-linked loan label has consistently dominated the market. Indeed, from 2020-2024, the sustainability-linked label made up over 70% of US$ sustainable loan issuance. This is largely because of the label's popularity with large corporates to secure financing, often in the form of credit facilities.
However, data from 2025 thus far indicates a slight waning of the SLL's dominance, making up a diminished 53% of the labelled loan market. This could be because some SLLs from late 2025 are yet to be declared so early on in 2026, or instead it could reflect a general downturn in SLL US$ issuance.
Contrastingly, from 2024 to 2025 green loan issuance remained remarkably consistent, with just US$12 billion more issued in 2025 than 2024. From 2020 to 2024, the green loan label saw consistent growth, with total US$ issuance increasing sevenfold in this period.
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