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IFC raises $2bn from largest social bond
16 January 2025The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued its largest ever social bond, with the $2 billion deal also attracting the largest ever orderbook for the instrument from the development finance institution.
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China plans debut sovereign green bond in 2025
16 January 2025China is planning to issue its inaugural sovereign green bond in 2025 which would leave only a handful of G20 countries yet to issue a sustainable bond.
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NIB 'very keen' on SLLBs as work continues on debut deal
16 January 2025Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is still working towards entering the nascent sustainability-linked loan bond (SLLB) market, as the long-standing sustainable finance focuses attention...
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Sustainable debt round-up: Bpifrance, Hungary, Telefonica ... and more
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NIB: Transmission line expansion powers up green bond issuance prospects
15 January 2025Long-standing green bond issuer Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is confident of strong issuance in 2025 after a successful expansion of its framework, in particular related to electricity power grid investments.
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$500m CCMM bond marks 'new era for climate finance'
15 January 2025The Climate Investment Funds Capital Markets Mechanism (CCMM) has issued a $500 million bond, in a deal hailed as the dawn of "a new era in climate finance".
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A $1trn market again - sustainable bonds saw issuance grow in 2024
14 January 2025The sustainable bond market crossed the $1 trillion milestone in 2024, for the first time since its record-breaking 2021 total - but market share fell as issuers, especially in the US, prioritised conventional fixed income instruments.
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NIB launches 2025 green bond programme after record 2024
13 January 2025Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has raised NOK2 billion ($175 million) from its first green bond of 2025, as the issuer kick-starts its long-standing NIB Environmental Bond (NEB) programme following record issuance in 2024.
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Rwanda regulator issues sustainable bond guidelines
10 January 2025The Rwanda Capital Market Authority (CMA) has published new guidelines to help create a "internationally credible, replicable, and attractive" sustainable bond market in the East African country.
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Annual issuance of sustainable bonds
Preliminary figures from 2024 show annual sustainable bond issuance above $1 trillion for the first time since 2021. After a decline in annual issuance to $970 billion in 2022, recovering to just shy of $1 trillion in 2023, the sustainable bond market continues its incremental growth, although is still some way from reaching the all time high of 2021 which saw $1.15 trillion in sustainable bond issuance.
For more in-depth analysis of the trends in the sustainable bond market in 2024 look out for Environmental Finance’s Sustainable Bonds Insight Guide 2025 coming in February 2025.
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