BNP Paribas, a premier global bank, announced that it has closed a sustainability-linked loan (“SLL”) with JetBlue Airways via an amendment to its existing Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility. JetBlue has amended its existing $550 million Senior Secured Revolving Credit […]
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Debt funding linked to sustainability factors will increasingly be the norm for Europe’s utilities in 2020 after accounting for more than 30% of the roughly EUR 65bn capital market debt raised by the sector last year, says Scope Ratings. Such […]
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A new record was set in 2019 for the volume of sustainable debt issued globally in any one year, with the total hitting $465 billion globally, up a remarkable 78% from $261.4 billion in 2018. Last year also saw all-time, […]
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Siemens Gamesa recently extended a guarantee line from Danske Bank to €150 million from an initial €100 million and included Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) criteria. Likewise, the Company has signed and also included similar conditions for a new €140 million […]
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Telefónica Deutschland concluded a so-called “Sustainability-Linked Loan” in the amount of 750 million euros via its subsidiary Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG. The interest margin is linked, among other things, to the fulfillment of ESG criteria (ESG = Environment, […]
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Etex heeft besloten de prijs van zijn duurzaamheidslening van 600 miljoen euro te koppelen aan het halen van een aantal duurzaamheidsdoelstellingen. Het bedrijf ging die duurzaamheids¬lening – waarbij de prestaties van de kredietnemer voor een aantal criteria inzake milieu, maatschappij […]
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In anticipation of the cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), this is one of the world’s first credit facilities linked to the new Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). Also, in a first for Shell, the interest and fees […]
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Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC, Rotterdam) announced the renewal of its two US$400 million revolving credit facilities (RCFs) for its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, a two-year and a three-year facility respectively, including identical sustainability-linked pricing mechanisms. The […]
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Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. has become the first company in Canada to secure sustainability-linked terms for its credit facilities. The Company signed an amendment to its existing credit facilities to include financing terms that reduce the interest rate on the […]
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Today, MUFG Bank Ltd. (along with the Norinchukin Bank, Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) granted NYK a syndicated sustainability-linked loan, Japan’s first advanced loan that allows for conditions such as the loan’s interest rate to be adjusted according […]
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Voor de financiering van de twee installatieschepen Les Alizés en Voltaire maakt de groep Jan De Nul voor het eerst gebruik van een groene lening. Het consortium van banken bestond uit KBC Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis, ING Luxembourg, Rabobank en […]
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NIBC bank is pleased to announce being the first to successfully issue a collateralized loan obligation fund (CLO) compliant with the best practices of ESG investing. NIBC’s North Westerly VI B.V. of EUR 410 million is placed via MUFG Securities […]
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