Following the update of Chile's NDC in 2020, which seeks to align international climate commitments with national guidelines in a more ambitious way than its past version, Chile is launching a...

Banco de la Producción S.A. (Produbanco) together with IDB Invest, issued the first sustainable bond in Ecuador for an amount close to 50 million dollars, with incentives linked to the achieve...

Banco Comafi S.A., a private bank in Argentina, received financing from IDB Invest for a total of USD 20 million. The purpose of the operation is to support the technological reconversion of s...

Chile makes historic US$ 2 billion issuance and becomes the first country in the world to issue a Sustainability-Linked Bond. The Ministry of Finance reports that it made its first sovereig...

Costa Rica is moving forward with the issuance of thematic bonds, as IDB Invest, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR) and FinDev Canada joined forces to issue the country's first social bond, w...

Sustainalytics’ has officially unveiled its list of 2022 Top-Rated ESG Companies. This list is based on their industry leading ESG Risk Ratings – a measure of a company’s exposure to industry-...

Autovías 5 SA, a company incorporated in Uruguay to build, operate and maintain Circuit 5, received a $54 million loan from IDB Invest. The financing component of the project is completed with...

As part of the commitment to sustainable development, the Chilean Ministry of Finance recently published the Sustainability-Linked Bonds Framework (SLB Framework). The objective of this SLB Fr...

The Bahamas has announced the creation of a social and inclusive blue economy with a coordinated approach to climate change and risk solutions, environmental sustainability and economic growth...