Sustainable Finance Insights - February 2021 Highlights

In this episode, Nick and Cheryl shares insights on recent market developments and trends such as questions around the ambitiousness of some SLB targets, implications of SFDR on investor and company reporting as well as some interesting green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked transactions.   Hosts: Nick Gandolfo, Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions Cheryl Tay, Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance Solutions Resources mentioned in this episode: Monetary Authority of Singapore: MAS Launches World’s First Grant Scheme to Support Green and Sustainability-Linked Loans The Asset Triple A Sustainable Capital Markets Regional Awards 2020 – Best Second-Party Opinion Provider 2021 Trends Podcast Episode: Apple | Google | Spotify Sustainalytics: 10 for 2021: Investing in the Circular Economy Nasdaq: The ESG Market Could Explode This Year  Environmental Finance: Combing Sustainability-Linked and Green Bonds Would Be ‘More Impactful’ WWF – Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity Report Sustainalytics: EU Sustainable Action Plan Resource Center ING: Singapore Green Plan 2030 – Important Steps Toward a Sustainable Future ICMA: Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles – Related Questions The Australian: Altech targets US$144m raise from listed green bond Hines: Hines and ING Agree First Green Loan Facility Reading on transition ICMA: Climate Transition Finance Handbook CBI White Paper: Financing a Credible Transition Sustainalytics: Transition Bond SPO (see under ‘Related Resources’) Transition Pathways Initiative: https://transitionpathwayinitiative.org/ IEA: https://www.iea.org/topics/clean-energy-transitions SBTi: https://sciencebasedtargets.org/ Sustainalytics: Sustainability-Linked Bonds SPO Backgrounder (see under ‘Latest Insights’) JP Morgan: JPMorgan Chase Issues $1billon Inaugural Social Bonds Asia Development Bank: ADB Issues First Gender Bond in Kazakhstan Tenge Carlyle: Announces Largest ESG-Linked Credit Facility in the US at $4.1 Billion and First-Ever Exclusively Tied to Board Diversity Business Green: Low Carbon Aluminium Producer Rusal Agrees $200m Sustainability-Linked Loan Thai Union: Thai Union Launches Inaugural Sustainability-Linked Loan Sustainalytics SPOs: Alibaba Group Sustainable Finance Framework SCSK Corporation Green Finance Second-Party Opinion Trinity Industries Leasing Company Green Financing Framework Second-Party Opinion H&M Sustainability-Linked Bonds Second-Party Opinion Constellium Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework Second-Party Opinion More Episodes

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