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Pulp, paper and palm oil giant RGE plans 'significant' pivot to sustainability-linked loans
It recently secured 2 SLLs worth a total of US$1.65b; such financing helps to sharpen the group's ESG focus, says its president
Published Sun, Jan 23, 2022 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
THE region's urgent transition to a cleaner economy has seen sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) flourish in the past year.
Issuances in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan were up a record 332 per cent year on year, chalking up US$21 billion from 49 deals in 2021, Bloomberg data showed.
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