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Sustainable debt round-up: Germany, China, Grupo Enhol ... and more
16 April 2025 -
Sustainable bond issuance falls 20% amid corporate, sovereign slump
15 April 2025Sustainable bond issuance volumes have fallen by more than a fifth in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the year prior, after corporate and sovereign issuance slumped by 40%.
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Green bond issuers 'need to know what counts' as climate adaptation investment
09 April 2025For more climate adaptation and resilience investments to feature in green bond transactions there is a need for taxonomies to be developed and public issuers to come to the market, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Sustainable debt round-up: Nordea, SNCF, EIB ... and more
09 April 2025 -
Commercial Bank of Ceylon plans LKR15bn green bond 'Tier 2' debut
09 April 2025The Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank) is planning to raise up to LKR15 billion ($50 million) from its inaugural green bond, believed to be only the third sustainable bond issuance in the country and the first issued as a 'Tier 2' bond.
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Long-standing KommuneKredit green bond programme comes to end
08 April 2025Danish municipality funding agency KommuneKredit has confirmed it will no longer issue green bonds to finance its significant green loan programme,...
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A2A: 'Investors should expect EU green bond issuers to use flexibility pocket'
08 April 2025EU Green Bond (EuGB) issuer A2A said investors should be "aware" that issuers will use the 'flexibility pocket' for non-EU Taxonomy-aligned projects, as the Italian utility firm looks to refine its own programme after its inaugural deal.
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'SLLBs are a really interesting lever for SLL markets'
07 April 2025Sustainability-Linked Loan Bonds (SLLBs) provided a powerful lever for borrowers, lenders and investors to understand and enhance sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), an Environmental Finance event heard.
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Better returns, greater impact, incredible scale: investors urged to back EM sustainable debt
04 April 2025Investors are missing opportunities by not allocating to emerging markets (EM), a conference heard.
- Blended Finance - Environmental Finance & OECD conference 2025
- Conference Highlights
- Thematic video: Local Currency
- Nature based solutions: The opportunity for renewable energy investors
- NZBA ditches requirement to target 1.5°C alignment to give banks more 'flexibility'
- Sustainable bond issuance falls 20% amid corporate, sovereign slump
- Winners of the 2025 Sustainable Debt Awards revealed
- GPIF sustainability policy an 'important signal' for Asia-Pacific transition
- BP's climate row-back sparks shareholder rebellion at AGM
- Better data can help capital flow to emerging markets
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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