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Centara Hotels signs THB1bn debut sustainability-linked bond
13 December 2024Centara Hotels and Resorts has raised THB1 billion ($30 million) from its inaugural sustainability-linked bond, amid a record-breaking year for Thai issuance of the performance-based instrument.
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EU GBS: 2025 focus on 'how to cope' with asset challenges, says KfW
12 December 2024German development bank KfW does not expect much issuance using the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) in 2025, but the long-standing green bond issuer said it would focus on "how to cope" with the challenges the 'gold standard' rules create around identifying eligible assets.
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Promigas secures first Colombian 'real economy' social bond
11 December 2024Colombian liquefied natural gas (LNG) firm Promigas signed a deal to issue social bonds worth COP540 billion ($122 million), believed to be the first social bonds issued by a 'real economy' firm in the South American country.
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KfW announces €10bn green bond programme for 2025
10 December 2024German development bank KfW is planning to raise around €10 billion ($10.6 billion) from green bonds in 2025, which puts the third largest green bond issuer in the world on track to cross the $100 billion cumulative issuance...
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'Quiet influence': CTFH has helped make sustainable bond frameworks 'meatier'
10 December 2024The 'Climate Transition Finance Handbook' (CTFH) has helped push the sustainable bond market make the issuer strategy section of frameworks "meatier," according to Natixis.
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Croatian pharmaceutical firm issues milestone SLB
09 December 2024Jadran-Galenski Laboratorij (JGL) has raised €60 million ($64 million) from its debut sustainability-linked bond (SLB), which is the largest issuance of the performance-based instrument from a private company and the first from a pharmaceutical firm in the country.
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ESG IDP updates private credit reporting harmonisation template
05 December 2024The ESG Integrated Disclosure Project (ESG IDP) has updated its private credit-focused standardised reporting template and announced new appointments to its industry-led executive committee (ExCom).
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Halyk Bank issues first bank green bond from Kazakhstan
05 December 2024Almaty-based lender Halyk Bank has raised KZT20 billion ($38 million) from the first green bond issued by a commercial bank in Kazakhstan.
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LATAM Airlines signs 'milestone' sustainability-linked loan
04 December 2024LATAM Airlines has become the first South American airline to sign a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), with the Chile-based firm seeing the debut deal as the first step to further sustainable finance transactions - including sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).
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Artesian: 'Really targeting' potential blue bonds issuers
04 December 2024Alternative investment manager Artesian is "really targeting" blue bonds in the Australian sustainable bond market, but acknowledges that the market opportunity is still small.