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Sustainability-linked bonds

Companies & Markets

Parkway Life Reit secures 8.8 billion yen social loan from DBS, issues S$70 million green bond

The 10-year social loan is the first such facility the bank extends to the healthcare sector

Proceeds from ESG bonds came in at US$20.3 billion in 2025, marginally higher than US$20.2 billion in 2024.
ESG

Transition finance in South-east Asia expected to grow in 2026, say market watchers

Sustainable finance proceeds raised in the region still flat in 2025

Including this tranche, Singapore has issued S$7.7 billion of 50-year sovereign green bonds under the Singapore Green Bond framework.
ESG

Singapore’s latest 50-year green bond issuance closes at 2.16%, down from 2.62%

This is down from 2.62% in last year’s issuance

Proceeds from the Itochu notes will fund workplace programmes to help employees thrive in the long term, as well as investments in companies offering gender-positive products and services, says lead manager Daiwa Securities Co.
ESG

Itochu sells Japan’s first orange bonds for gender equality

The Japanese trading house raises 15.2 billion yen from the debt sale

The global market for ESG funds saw its worst quarter on record in the three months to March.
ESG

ABN Amro analysts see ESG bond issuance dropping ‘considerably’

Interest in financial products claiming to target such goals is flagging

The “economic case for Asia’s transition is growing”, said MAS chairman Gan Kim Yong in the report.
ESG

Singapore sustainable bond issuances jump 80% to S$13.3 billion in 2024: MAS

The central bank is tilting its corporate bond portfolio towards less carbon-intensive exposures; it will work with industry on talent development and explore nature-related opportunities

The PwC report notes that opportunities are expected to come from entirely new legal workstreams created by sustainability-related requirements such as carbon markets and sustainability-related disputes.
Sustainable Finance

Singapore’s sustainability legal services market to treble to at least S$450 million by 2033: PwC study

Report predicts compound annual growth rate of 10 per cent per annum from 2023

Governments in the region have expressed continued commitment to accelerate decarbonisation initiatives, in the wake of Trump saying he will withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement again.
Sustainable Finance

Sustainable finance in S-E Asia to remain robust in 2025 despite Trump-led climate setback

Regional governments have renewed their commitments and built a track record, say bankers

About S$1.5 billion of sustainability-linked bonds issued by Singapore-listed companies or their subsidiaries will face performance deadlines in 2025.
Sustainable Finance
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 131: Deadline year for sustainability-linked bond issuers; Singapore awards hydrogen-enabled gas plant

This week in ESG: Sustainability performance tests loom for Singapore issuers; PacificLight Power to build S$1 billion plant

The global landscape for sovereign SLBs is gaining momentum as they enable nations to tap global capital markets while committing to measurable outcomes.
ESG

Insights from Thailand’s issuance of sovereign sustainability-linked bonds

This type of instrument, if managed appropriately, could offer a viable alternative for developing countries to finance national sustainability strategies

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