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sustainability-linked loans
Environmental, Social and Governance
HSBC links SMEs’ sustainability performance to interest rates with new Sustainability Improvement Loan
Firms that improve their scores throughout the tenure of their loan with HSBC may benefit from reduced interest rates. However, should borrowers’ scores decline, the rates on their loans may increase.
3 days ago
REITs
CapitaLand India Trust secures $200 mil sustainability-linked loan
This brings the group’s sustainable finance to $1.16 bil, or 79% of its total loans.
May 30, 2024
Environmental, Social and Governance
RGE closes three-year, US$1 bil sustainability-linked loan for its agribusiness
The SLL includes a US$150 million Murabaha term facility, which marks RGE’s inaugural sustainability-linked Islamic financing.
January 24, 2024
Environmental, Social and Governance
Keppel launches Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework; secures credit facilities with DBS and UOB of $500 mil each
The sustainability-linked revolving credit facilities have preferential interest margins tied to Keppel's sustainability targets.
January 23, 2024
REITs
Starhill Global REIT obtains its first sustainability-linked facility of $50 mil
The REIT has entered into a facility agreement with DBS for a five-year unsecured sustainability-linked multicurrency facility.
November 21, 2023
Environmental, Social and Governance
OCBC awards $16 mil sustainability-linked loan by using ESGpedia
The deal made use of the ESGpedia platform developed by STACS, a Singapore-headquartered ESG data and tech solutions company.
November 09, 2023
Environmental, Social and Governance
Bankers see legal cover after backing US$1.5 trillion worth of ESG debt
Lawyers advising SLL bankers say the reputational risks associated with mislabeling such products are now too big to ignore
November 05, 2023
Banking & finance
OCBC Bank, RHB Banking Group collaborate on two sustainability-linked solutions
This is OCBC’s first sustainability-linked derivative transaction with a Malaysian financial institution.
May 02, 2023
Environmental, Social and Governance
OUE C-REIT to refinance existing debt with new $978 million sustainability-linked loan
With this new facility in place, OUE C-REIT would have no further refinancing requirements until September 2023
August 17, 2022
Environmental, Social and Governance
Investors and companies paying attention to ESG because of climate change
Investors and companies are paying attention to ESG on the back of climate change, and cost avoidance with green assets
July 27, 2021