UK Launches Green Finance Pilot to Tackle Barriers to Emission Cuts Chancellor Rachel Reeves will direct UK financial regulators to address obstacles hindering businesses from cutting carbon emissions, as part...
The UK has announced a £12 million funding package aimed at bolstering disaster risk finance for climate-vulnerable countries—part of a broader strategy to position the UK as a global hub...
Sri Lanka doubles down on sustainable finance Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), unveiled the Sustainable Finance Roadmap 2.0 on May 5 in...
EMSTEEL, one of the region’s largest publicly traded steel and building materials manufacturers, has launched its first Green Finance Framework—a decisive move to align capital raising with its net-zero roadmap....
GuocoLand, a prominent real estate developer, has secured two green loans totaling S$1.24 billion ($908 million) from Singapore-based lenders DBS and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), according to a statement released...
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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Sage have released a global report unveiling a $789 billion green finance opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite this vast potential,...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced several green finance and capital market initiatives at the 20th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting, co-chaired by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister...
Key Impact Points: The European Mortgage Federation – European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC) and the Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) have joined forces to certify bonds aligned with the European...
Dwight Capital has expanded its services by launching Dwight Green Finance, a new lending platform aimed at financing property improvements through C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy). This initiative, led...
Iberdrola, Europe’s leading electricity company, has successfully issued a 10-year green bond worth €750 million. This bond, with a coupon of 3.625%, saw demand exceed €4 billion from over 220...
A new report by the Green Finance Institute (GFI) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) calls for deeper collaboration between public and private sectors, alongside clear sector-specific transition...
The collaborative effort to boost green finance between IFC and the Bank of the Lao PDR has been strengthened with a new cooperation agreement signed. This enhanced partnership aims to...
BBVA’s Turkish unit has just renewed its $415 million syndicated loan based on environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) criteria. The financing is part of the bank’s foreign borrowing program and...
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG), a commercial lender, announced $50 billion in sustainable finance target which includes a $5 billion in green financing, by 2030. The company aims to finance...