News

  • Green Impact Exchange reveals product roadmap ahead of launch

    05 January 2026

    Green Impact Exchange is planning four core products ahead of the exchange's launch later this year, including new benchmark indices and an exchange-traded product for the voluntary carbon markets.

  • Chaoni Huang joins HSBC as Asia sustainable finance head

    05 January 2026

    Chaoni Huang has become the Asia sustainable finance and transition head for HSBC after six years at BNP Paribas.

  • Investor 'openness' to 'nuclear' green bonds enters sovereign market

    05 January 2026

    The material shift in attitude towards 'nuclear' green bonds among sustainable investors in recent years is now "becoming evident" in the sovereign bond market, according to Barclays.

  • SSEN Transmission secures £1bn green loan

    02 January 2026

    Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission has signed a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) syndicated green loan facility backed by banks including Bank of America, HSBC, and MUFG.

  • Oil firm Adnoc secures second $2bn green loan

    02 January 2026

    Oil and gas firm Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed its second green loan deal to finance investment in its lower carbon projects.

  • AsiaLink raises PHP4bn from 'milestone' social bond deals

    02 January 2026

    Filippino micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) lender AsiaLink has issued three debut social bonds worth PHP4 billion ($68 million) which have been guaranteed by the Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF).

  • Waygood departs Aviva to found transition finance advisory

    02 January 2026

    Steve Waygood has left Aviva Investors to establish the Finance Transition Centre (FTC), a think tank.

  • China publishes climate disclosure standard

    02 January 2026

    Chinese government ministries and regulators have published a draft standard for climate-related disclosures, which they said would support voluntary reporting before the standards are phased in to regulatory requirements.

  • KKR impact fund closes its first Japanese deal

    24 December 2025

    KKR's Global Impact Fund II has closed a deal to take a majority stake in Tokyo-listed Forum Engineering Inc, as part of its plans to take full control of the company.

  • Nissay plans to ramp up nature-related engagement in investee supply chains

    23 December 2025

    Nissay Asset Management is preparing to ramp up biodiversity-related engagement with its investee companies to improve management of risks in their supply chains, it said.