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  • The rise of hybrid sustainable debt frameworks

    15 December 2021

    Frameworks that enable debt issuers to finance either specific projects or general purposes are increasingly common, Michael Hurley writes

  • Sustainable loan principles ‘key to unlocking gargantuan financing needs’

    02 May 2019

    Recently-launched Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (SLLPs) are ‘key to supplying the gargantuan amount of financing’ required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, White & Case has argued.

  • Sustainability-linked loan principles launched

    22 March 2019

    The launch of a set of Sustainability Linked Loan Principles has been hailed as a “critical development” for incentivising borrowers to improve their sustainability performance.

  • Xylem signs $800m sustainability-linked credit facility

    11 March 2019

    Global water technology company Xylem has signed an $800 million sustainability-linked senior unsecured revolving credit facility, which it claimed is one of the first sustainable improvement loans in the US.

  • Circularity Capital closes upsized equity fund at £60m

    14 January 2019

    Circularity Capital has reached a £60 million ($77 million) final close for an equity fund – smashing its £50 million target.

  • The 12 themes set to shape 2019

    04 January 2019

    What are the areas to watch for responsible investing in 2019, asks Peter Cripps

  • Henkel signs €1.5bn sustainability-linked loan

    17 December 2018

    Chemical and consumer goods company Henkel has signed a €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) loan, which will pay interest at a rate tied to the company’s performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

  • Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative

    31 October 2018

    More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".

  • Ontario government backs latest Emerald cleantech fund

    02 May 2018

    The Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) has committed CAD35 million ($27 million) to the latest cleantech fund from Zurich-based Emerald Technology Ventures.