Green bonds
Finance and Policy
The Digital Dialogues – Join the conversation
Enlit Africa and ESI Africa are joining forces to produce a series of virtual roundtables – The Digital Dialogues. Apply to secure your free-to-attend seat.
Finance and Policy
Climate bonds: Finance now open for hydropower under new criteria
New criteria has made it possible for certification of hydropower climate bonds, which are formally available for issuers of green debt products across all markets.
News
IFC partnership to help Moroccan companies improve on ESG practices
IFC has signed an agreement with the Moroccan Capital Market Authority that will help companies enhance their reporting on ESG practices.
Finance and Policy
New green bond for India’s resilient recovery heavily oversubscribed
Indian renewable energy developer Continuum has tapped the International Finance Corporation to anchor its first green bond.
Finance and Policy
DBSA issues $242 million green bond to support a low carbon...
This bond will be structured in alignment with the Development Bank of Southern Africa's (DBSA) recently released Green Bond Framework, which reiterates the Bank's commitment to playing a role in the just transition to a low carbon economy.
Business and markets
Absa: Facilitating green home ownership
The Absa Eco Home Loan, launched in partnership with Balwin Properties, makes buying and owning a green home possible for South Africans.
Business and markets
World Trade Organisation addresses environmental issues
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has launched a new publication in response to common questions about environmental issues.
Finance and Policy
World Bank’s guide to scale up green finance in emerging markets
The World Bank's new guide outlines the processes that financial regulators can use to develop a green taxonomy in order to scale up green finance.
Business and markets
Nedbank accounts for green bonds launched in South Africa
The green bonds arrive a little over a month after Nedbank’s shareholders unanimously voted in support of two new sustainable development resolutions.
Finance and Policy
Kenya’s first green bond raises $41.45m
Kenya's first green bond has raised $41.45 million for the development of environmentally-friendly student accommodation.
