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Sustainable debt round-up: KDDI Corporation, QIC, Charter Hall ... and more
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Promigas secures first Colombian 'real economy' social bond
11 December 2024Colombian liquefied natural gas (LNG) firm Promigas signed a deal to issue social bonds worth COP540 billion ($122 million), believed to be the first social bonds issued by a 'real economy' firm in the South American country.
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KfW announces €10bn green bond programme for 2025
10 December 2024German development bank KfW is planning to raise around €10 billion ($10.6 billion) from green bonds in 2025, which puts the third largest green bond issuer in the world on track to cross the $100 billion cumulative issuance...
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'Quiet influence': CTFH has helped make sustainable bond frameworks 'meatier'
10 December 2024The 'Climate Transition Finance Handbook' (CTFH) has helped push the sustainable bond market make the issuer strategy section of frameworks "meatier," according to Natixis.
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Croatian pharmaceutical firm issues milestone SLB
09 December 2024Jadran-Galenski Laboratorij (JGL) has raised €60 million ($64 million) from its debut sustainability-linked bond (SLB), which is the largest issuance of the performance-based instrument from a private company and the first from a pharmaceutical firm in the country.
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Trump second term to put sustainable debt market in 'wait-and-see mode'
05 December 2024The re-election of Donald Trump will put a dampener on sustainable debt issuance, a bank has predicted, but the effect will be short-lived.
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Halyk Bank issues first bank green bond from Kazakhstan
05 December 2024Almaty-based lender Halyk Bank has raised KZT20 billion ($38 million) from the first green bond issued by a commercial bank in Kazakhstan.
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Sustainable debt round-up: Smurfit Westrock, India, EDF ... and more
04 December 2024 -
Artesian: 'Really targeting' potential blue bonds issuers
04 December 2024Alternative investment manager Artesian is "really targeting" blue bonds in the Australian sustainable bond market, but acknowledges that the market opportunity is still small.
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Annual issuance of sustainable bonds in the Americas
Since the peak of 2021, sustainable bond issuance in the Americas has stayed steady at around $177 billion for both 2022 and 2023. Despite total issuance for the region having stayed the same for both 2022 and 2023 there has been a shift in distribution between North, South and Central American issuance, with Northern American issuance falling in 2023 and South and Central American issuance increasing to their highest recorded share at 21% and 10% respectively.
So far in 2024 North American issuance has picked up slightly to 70% of total issuance up from 68% in 2023, however Central American issuance is also currently on track to record its biggest year ever, with 12% of issuance year to date. In total the Americas region looks set to reach similar levels as 2022 and 2023 by the end of the year however it is unlikely it will achieve the $223 billion issued in 2021.
You can find more analysis and informative infographics on the sustainable loan market from the Sustainable Loans Insight guide 2024 here.
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