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Middle Eastern sustainable bond market 'building strong momentum'

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

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.

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Don't ascribe 'undue precision' to 'nature positive', conference hears

The market should not focus too heavily on claims of 'nature positive', because it is is "very difficult to quantify exactly what [it] means", a large asset manager told Environmental Finance.

'We are at the early stages of a complete revolution in data'

Sustainability data is being revolutionised, an Environmental Finance conference has heard, with private markets particularly seeing a growing sophistication.

'Journey more important than destination' for private markets investors

Private market investors need to rethink how success on sustainability is determined, according to an Environmental Finance conference which was told to prioritise red over green investments.

Two Nepalese banks inaugurate local green bond market

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

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

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.

CSRD compliance 'will only get harder' with Omnibus changes, says DZ Bank head

Planned changes to limit the scope of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will only make it more difficult for financial institutions like DZ Bank to complete their own reporting, its sustainability reporting head said.