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  • LGFA water sector-focused SLLs targeting 'unique opportunity'

    23 July 2026

    The pioneering water-focused sustainability-linked loan (SLL) programme launched by the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) is looking to take advantage of major changes in the water sector

  • New Zealand LGFA launches water-focused sustainability-linked loan programme

    01 July 2026

    The New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) has launched a pioneering sustainability-linked loan (SLL) programme focused on local government water companies.

  • New Zealand regulator opens 'easier pathway' for sustainable bond issuers

    02 April 2026

    The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has "removed unnecessary regulatory burden" for sustainable bond issuances, in a move it hopes will incentivise more issuance.

  • People Moves, 12 September: TPG Rise Climate, BlackRock, Westpac NZ, ISF ... and more

    12 September 2025

  • 'Valuable' SLB structure 'opened up' by innovative Auckland deal

    12 August 2025

    The unique Auckland Council sustainability-linked bond (SLB) could help point the market in a new direction, reports Ahren Lester

  • New Zealand regulator flags inadequate identification of climate risks in reporting

    06 August 2025

  • Dozens of financial institutions urge EU against weakening sustainability rules

    01 July 2025

  • New Zealand businesses told to avoid obscuring material information by regulator

    05 December 2024

    Financial institutions and corporates in New Zealand have been told to improve reporting in several areas, including to "avoid obscuring material information" by providing reports that are too long or too short, in a review of disclosures by the Financial Markets Authority .

  • New Zealand looks to remove barriers for sustainable bond issuance

    04 April 2024

    A New Zealand regulator is exploring how to "remove potential barriers" for listed companies to issue sustainable bonds, in particular by reducing additional disclosures and costs for issuers.

  • Sustainable bonds are 'stretching for smaller sovereigns'

    22 November 2023

    New Zealand struggled to find adequate eligible projects for its issue, necessitating robust management of its green spending. Ahren Lester writes