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Japfa debuts affordable nutrition target in $150m sustainability-linked loan
10 June 2025Japfa has signed a $150 million sustainability-linked loan, with the Singapore-based agri-food firm adding a social target to its sustainable debt for the first time.
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Japfa: SLBs need to offer issuers 'more carrot than stick'
03 January 2024A ground-breaking sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuer has hit back against investor demands for larger penalties for missing targets associated with the performance-based instrument, arguing that the market needs to offer "more carrot than stick" for issuers.
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Sustainability-linked bonds: One year after the principles - Part 1
13 July 2021One year after the Sustainability Linked Bond Principles were published, the target-based fixed income instrument is seeing issuance accelerate. Market participants warn, however, that some current issues lack substance. Ahren Lester reports