Sustainable Debt

Sustainable debt round-up: Singapore, SSAB, Hyundai Card ... and more

Finding financial partners for regen ag 'challenging', says Danone

Finding financial partners to work with on regenerative agriculture has been "more challenging than we'd like", Danone has said, as it called for an intermediary in emerging markets.

Space agency launches 'Earth observation' data initiative to propel nature finance

Financial institutions, corporates and academics have begun work to identify the best ways to use 'Earth observation' data to propel nature-positive finance toward the $540 billion of annual investment needed to meet international targets.

Nordea loans SEK628m to 211MW BESS portfolio

Ashmore launches emerging market impact debt fund

Emerging market (EM)-focused investment manager Ashmore has launched its first impact debt fund.

Pakistan readies sovereign green sukuk and 'Panda' bond

Pakistan is expected to issue a sovereign green sukuk and Chinese renminbi-denominated 'Panda' bond in 2025, as the central bank also prepares to publish a green taxonomy by June.

CSRD, SEC climate disclosure setbacks make rating climate risk harder, S&P warns

Setbacks to the planned introduction of sustainability reporting rules in the EU and US are likely to make assessing the climate-related credit risk of companies harder, a senior executive at S&P has said.

Sustainable debt round-up: CAFFIL, NYK Line, Akbank ... and more

BlueEarth provides $25m SLL for seed processor

'Huge interest' from asset owners in fossil fuel expansion-focused bond index

Asset owners are "excited" by the potential for a fossil fuel expansion-focused corporate bond index and its "new form of bondholder engagement", which is expected to be launched in the second half of 2025, according to a researcher working on the project.

Wary American firms trigger debut sustainable bond issuance lull

The number of inaugural sustainable bond issuers in the first quarter of 2025 fell a third compared to the year prior, as US and Latin American issuers grew cautious about making a market debut.

Sustainable debt round-up: Germany, China, Grupo Enhol ... and more

Sustainable bond issuance falls 20% amid corporate, sovereign slump

Sustainable 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%.

NZBA ditches requirement to target 1.5°C alignment to give banks more 'flexibility'

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has approved changes to its framework to no longer require targeting 1.5°C alignment - instead allowing members to choose from "a wider range of net-zero pathways ... to limit global temperature rise to 'well below 2°C' and to strive for 1.5°C".