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Getinge issues Covid-19 bonds to make ventilators

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

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

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

UPM signs sustainability loan linked to biodiversity goals

HSBC named largest green, social and sustainability bond manager

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

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

Airport operator Swedavia issues SEK1bn green bond

Swedish state-owned Swedavia has become the latest in a string of airport operators to issue a green bond.

Green bond market on track to hit $1trn next summer, says SEB

Cumulative issuance of green bonds, since the market began in 2007, has reached $800 billion which means "we should reach the $1 trillion market next summer," according to Christopher Flensborg, head of climate and sustainable finance at SEB.

$150m green bond for oil tanker fleet in pipeline

Teekay Shuttle Tankers, a Canadian shipowner specialising in oil and gas transportation is looking to issue a $150 million green bond to fund the building of new tankers.

People Moves: SSGA, UBS

State Street hires Funk