Sustainable Debt

  • Centara Hotels signs THB1bn debut sustainability-linked bond

    13 December 2024

    Centara 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.

  • EU GBS: 2025 focus on 'how to cope' with asset challenges, says KfW

    12 December 2024

    German 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.

  • Sustainable debt round-up: KDDI Corporation, QIC, Charter Hall ... and more

    11 December 2024
  • Promigas secures first Colombian 'real economy' social bond

    11 December 2024

    Colombian 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.

  • 'Quiet influence': CTFH has helped make sustainable bond frameworks 'meatier'

    10 December 2024

    The 'Climate Transition Finance Handbook' (CTFH) has helped push the sustainable bond market make the issuer strategy section of frameworks "meatier," according to Natixis.

  • Croatian pharmaceutical firm issues milestone SLB

    09 December 2024

    Jadran-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.

  • Goldman Sachs leaves Net Zero Banking Alliance

    08 December 2024

    Goldman Sachs has left the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), it said in a statement.

  • Sunwealth secures $30m construction loan for US renewables

    06 December 2024
  • Trump second term to put sustainable debt market in 'wait-and-see mode'

    05 December 2024

    The re-election of Donald Trump will put a dampener on sustainable debt issuance, a bank has predicted, but the effect will be short-lived.

  • ESG IDP updates private credit reporting harmonisation template

    05 December 2024

    The 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).

  • Halyk Bank issues first bank green bond from Kazakhstan

    05 December 2024

    Almaty-based lender Halyk Bank has raised KZT20 billion ($38 million) from the first green bond issued by a commercial bank in Kazakhstan.

  • Sustainable debt round-up: Smurfit Westrock, India, EDF ... and more

    04 December 2024
  • LATAM Airlines signs 'milestone' sustainability-linked loan

    04 December 2024

    LATAM 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).