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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?

Singapore and Grab’s cooperation offers a model for the development of smart cities across Southeast Asia: good and bad.

SGX plans to sign up to the UN's Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative, FinanceAsia can reveal.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp sold Japan's first-ever dollar green bond after Development Bank of Japan's euro-denominated issue last year.

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.

A roundup of news about environmentally linked investments and products on offer by financial institutions.

Citi's Garth Edwards explains the basics of carbon trading and the growth of emissions reducing projects in Asia.