AllianceBernstein's Brad Gibson, CLP Holdings' Francis Ho and APG's Gregory Suen discussed investor appetite, greenwashing and taxonomies at FA's China Fixed Income Summit.
The deal marks the first facility arranged in Asia’s syndicated loan market to combine both green and sustainability-linked features, and the first such issuance by a Chinese multinational.
While multilateral agencies have long invested along ESG lines, the first green bond in Kazakhstan and private equity demand in Uzbekistan show that it is going mainstream.
Olam International organised Asia’s first green “club-loan” in April. But why would an issuer choose a loan over the increasingly mainstream green bond?
Gregory Heibel, a partner in the emerging companies group of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, explains how clean technology may be coming back in vogue in Asia.