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  • Insurer Skandia buys novel bond to fund diabetes prevention

    17 June 2020

    Swedish insurer Skandia has bought a SEK30 million ($3.2 million) 'health impact' bond from Region Stockholm, the local authority of the Swedish capital.

  • Private equity firm EQT enters €5bn ESG-linked loan facility

    11 June 2020

    Private equity firm EQT has entered into an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked, fund-level bridge facility of up to €5 billion ($5.7 billion) with a syndicate of more than 15 lenders, including BNP Paribas and SEB.

  • Sustainability-linked Bond Principles mark new era for bond market

    09 June 2020

    A set of Sustainability-linked Bond Principles (SLBP) was launched today, in a landmark move that is expected to kickstart a new market of labelled bond issuance that will "complement rather than act as an alternative" to the green bond market.

  • Sustainalytics CEO defends pure-play green bond

    01 June 2020

    Sustainalytics has defended its decision to give a second party opinion to a green bond for general corporate purposes, reigniting the debate about whether so-called pure-play companies should be able to access the market.

  • Getinge issues Covid-19 bonds to make ventilators

    17 April 2020

    Swedish medical supplier Getinge has issued SEK1 billion ($100 million) of commercial paper, pledging to use the proceeds to make ventilators to help patients stricken with Covid-19.

  • Telenor signs €2bn sustainability-linked debt facility

    17 April 2020

    Telenor has signed a €2 billion ($2.2 billion) sustainability-linked revolving credit facility (RCF) to refinance an existing credit facility.

  • Three Swedish firms invest in IFC's SEK 3bn coronavirus bond

    20 March 2020

    Part of World Bank's $14bn financial package to help curb the pandemic

  • UPM signs sustainability loan linked to biodiversity goals

    17 March 2020

  • HSBC named largest green, social and sustainability bond manager

    10 February 2020

    HSBC became the largest green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market underwriter in 2019, in a year marked by rapidly accelerating diversification of the market.

  • Nasdaq launches global green, social and sustainability bond platform

    10 December 2019

    Nasdaq has launched an online platform to improve transparency across the green, social and sustainability bond market.