Sustainable Debt

  • Middle Eastern sustainable bond market 'building strong momentum'

    16 May 2025

    Middle Eastern sustainable bond issuance has significantly increased in recent years, in particular since 2023 as the region hosted the high-profile UN COP climate summit.

  • Masdar secures largest green bond orderbook

    16 May 2025

    Masdar has raised $1 billion from its third green bond in a deal which was more than six times oversubscribed, securing its largest orderbook to date.

  • Two Nepalese banks inaugurate local green bond market

    15 May 2025

    The Nepalese green bond market has been kick-started after two banks in the country issued debut green bonds in recent weeks.

  • UK 'Local Climate Bonds' secure £16m in backing, plans to scale up

    15 May 2025

    A programme allowing UK local authorities to raise capital directly from private investors backed by the Green Finance Institute (GFI) and crowdfunding specialist Abundance Investment has secured £16 million ($21 million) in catalytic funding.

  • Sveafastigheter publishes debut green bond framework

    15 May 2025

    Sveafastigheter has published its inaugural green bond framework focused on green building projects, setting it on course to join more than 60 other Swedish property firms in the sustainable bond market.

  • 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).

  • Sustainable debt market poised for rebound in coming months, ING predicts

    13 May 2025

    A pipeline of sustainability-themed bonds suggests the coming months may see a market rebound amid temporary relief from US tariffs which fed uncertainty and restrained corporate issuance, according to a credit strategist at ING.

  • 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

Sustainable Bonds Insight 2025