Climate Change: developers step up efforts through sustainability-linked loans as Sun Hung Kai signs record deal

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Sustainability-linked loans are gaining traction in Hong Kong in line with global trends as companies take steps to realign their profit-driven motive with the climate-change agenda.

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong’s top home builder by market value, signed the biggest bank loan tied to sustainability targets in the city, adding to efforts among industry peers to reduce carbon footprint in their development projects.