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'First step' pure-play sustainable loan assessment guidance launched

Influential loan market trade associations have published guidance on how to identify 'pure play' corporate borrowers that are focused almost exclusively on green or social activities.

EAAIF and BII support Blueleaf Energy $75m mezzanine facility

HASI prices $1bn green bond for sustainable projects in the US

US sustainable infrastructure investor HASI has priced a $1 billion green bond, with proceeds earmarked for financing and refinancing of its green projects.

Just transition: Sustainable bond guidance to unlock 'immense promise'

An initiative has been launched to develop "practical" guidance to integrate 'just transition' considerations into sustainable bond markets, amid fears the theme has been "lost in translation" within allocation and impact reporting.

ADB backs sustainability-linked loan for farmers in India and Vietnam

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $50 million sustainability-linked loan with agricultural supply chain company ETG to support smallholder coffee and cashew farmers in India and Vietnam.

EAAIF backs Egypt's first SAF plant with $40mn loan

Japan's Kao faces shareholder push to improve supply chain sustainability

ADB issues first 'glacier melt' green bond

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised $100 million from a green bond focused on supporting and raising awareness for resilience projects focused on the impact of melting glaciers.

Indonesian healthcare firm seals 'first-of-kind' sustainability-linked loan

Sustainable debt round-up: Eurogrid, HASI, ANZ Bank ... and more