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ICE, Climate Bonds Initiative Partner to Strengthen Sustainable Bond Data Transparency

Data Collaboration Targets A Fast-Growing Bond Market New York and London are moving deeper into the infrastructure behind sustainable finance, as ICE and the Climate Bonds Initiat...

Climate Bonds Expands Bioenergy Criteria To Include Electricity, Tighten Methane Standards

Climate Bonds Aligns Bioenergy Finance With Stricter Climate Benchmarks The Climate Bonds Initiative has released a revised set of Bioenergy Criteria, widening the scope of investa...

DBS Partners Climate Bonds Initiative on Climate Adaptation Financing in APAC

DBS is partnering with the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) to develop financing approaches and internal banking capabilities for climate adaptation and resilience in the APAC region...

ESG: taxation of sustainable bonds

Whilst the sustainable bond market may not be expanding at the same rate as in previous years, S&P Global Ratings forecasts that sustainable bond issuance will remain substanti...

NS&I puts Green Savings Bonds back on sale with improved interest rate

Money invested in the bonds is used to support green projects defined under the UK Government Green Financing Framework

World Bank Launches $120m Climate Bond to Scale Spekboom Restoration in South Africa

In South Africa’s Eastern Cape, climate finance is taking root in a form few investors would expect. At the centre sits spekboom, a resilient native plant with an outsized role......

MTR Corp’s HK$18.8 billion green bond sale sets local currency record

The MTR Corporation has sold HK$18.8 billion (US$2.4 billion) in green bonds, setting a Hong Kong dollar-denominated issuance record and marking its first publicly offered bond in...

JSE Lists Africa’s First Nature-Linked Bond Linking Investor Returns to Water Security Outcomes

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has listed Africa’s first nature-linked performance-based bond, marking a structural shift in how environmental outcomes are financed across emergin...

Sustainable Fitch rates DBP’s sustainability bond framework as ‘good’

THE SUSTAINABILITY arm of Fitch Ratings has assessed the sustainability bond framework of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) as “good” as it aligns with key internationa...

Hong Kong secures US$3.5 billion to fund Northern Metropolis and green projects

Hong Kong has raised HK$27.6 billion (US$3.5 billion) through a green and infrastructure bond sale to finance the Northern Metropolis and low-carbon transformation projects. The of...

South Africa Launches Nature-Linked Bond as RMB Ties Returns to Water Outcomes

In a move that reshapes how natural capital is financed, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has structured Africa’s first nature-linked, outcomes-based bond, tying investor returns directly...

Amundi Leads $3.24B Global Green Bond Fund to Unlock Emerging Market Climate Finance

Brussels has become the latest focal point for global climate finance as a major blended investment vehicle aims to redirect capital flows into emerging markets. The Global Green B...

RCBC raises P20.5B via sustainability bond offer

MANILA, Philippines – Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) has raised P20.5 billion from its peso-denominated Association of Southeast Asian Nations sustainability bonds due 2029,...

Metrobank raises P35 billion from ASEAN Sustainability Bond offering

METROPOLITAN Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) has raised P35 billion from the sale of sustainability debt, marking its largest peso issuance to date as it saw strong demand. It lis...

BPI may issue first blue bond this year

BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) could issue its first blue bond within the year but remains open to other funding options amid surging interest rates. “One of the things that...

Japan plans ‘bridging bonds’ to fund investment initiatives

Bridging bonds are designed to cover temporary funding shortfalls on the premise that future funding resources can be secured.

Japan to unleash green bonds on EV batteries, other new fields

Managing Corporate Carbon Emissions with Book-and-Claim

Corporations across sectors are exploring new ways to manage carbon reductions in their supply chains to achieve emissions-reduction targets. When doing so, it is critical to ensur...

India’s Sagarmala Finance To Launch First Blue Bond For Maritime Infrastructure

India Prepares First Blue Bond For Maritime Finance India is preparing to test investor appetite for its first blue bond, as state-owned Sagarmala Finance Corporation moves to rais...

Supercritical secures funding to expand carbon removal marketplace

Capital to be used to accelerate project development, as corporate demand for high quality credits increases

Standard Chartered Issues First Green Wonton Bond With $255 Billion Deal

Hong Kong Green Debt Market Gains New Benchmark Hong Kong has added a new marker to its sustainable finance market, after Standard Chartered issued its inaugural HKD2 billion ($255...

Isometric, Verde Move to Scale Carbon Removal Credits Through Infrastructure

Verde Resources has entered a strategic collaboration with carbon removal certifier Isometric to commercialize a new category of carbon credits embedded directly into infrastructur...

British International Investment vows to boost climate finance with new £15bn strategy

UK development finance body's five-year strategy includes new £1.1bn fund dedicated to tackling emissions in coal-reliant countries

RCBC raises P20.5B via three-year bonds

RIZAL Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) has raised P20.5 billion from the sale of three-year ASEAN Sustainability bonds, marking its largest peso debt issuance so far. The Yuchengco-...