{"id":1029650,"date":"2026-06-16T06:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1029650\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T06:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:52:17","slug":"european-esg-bond-loan-issuance-fell-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1029650\/","title":{"rendered":"European ESG Bond & Loan Issuance Fell 24%"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has today published its\u00a0ESG Finance Report<\/a> for the first quarter of 2026, which finds that European ESG bond and loan issuance declined by 24% YoY during this quarter.<\/p>\n

ESG bond and loan issuance\u00a0accumulated \u20ac153bn in proceeds in Q1 2026, a 24% decline from Q1 2026.<\/p>\n

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    • \u00a0Sustainability-linked and Green Loans led the decline, with a 52% drop from Q1 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        • \u00a0French issuers have led in total loan and bond origination in the first quarter with \u20ac41bn, followed by German issuers (\u20ac24bn). Notably, around 96% of sustainability-linked bonds were originated in Italy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Green bond issuance declined\u00a0by 4.6% from Q1 2025, though remaining the largest ESG category by volume, and generating \u20ac87.4bn in proceeds.\u00a0Sustainable bond issuance\u00a0and\u00a0sustainability-linked bond issuance\u00a0experienced\u00a0significant drops\u00a0year-on-year, of 36.5% and 90% respectively.\u00a0Social bond issuance\u00a0experienced a\u00a0small increase\u00a0(+2%).<\/p>\n

          The\u00a0share of ESG bonds in total bond issuance\u00a0in Europe\u00a0increased\u00a0in 2026. ESG-labelled, sustainability-linked and transition bonds represented 13.6% of total European bond issuance in Q1 2026, from 10.9% in 2025.<\/p>\n

          In Q1 2026,\u00a09 EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS)-compliant bonds\u00a0have been issued. The largest EU GBS bond issuance carried out during this period was originated by the EIB (\u20ac3.96bn), followed by ABN AMRO Bank (\u20ac1.25bn).<\/p>\n

          Global ESG Funds\u00a0totalled USD 12.6tn in Q1 2026. This represented a 1.6% decline from Q4 2025, but a 20% Year-on-Year growth, which was primarily driven by increased allocations to equity and bond funds.<\/p>\n

          Global ESG Funds saw inflows reaching USD 102bn in Q1 2026, primarily driven by European funds.<\/p>\n

          ESG premium remained stable in Q1 2026, moving slightly from 1.24 bps at the end of December 2025 to 1.27 bps by the end of March 2026.<\/p>\n

          Source: AFME<\/p>\n

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