{"id":5481,"date":"2025-03-18T02:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/?p=5481"},"modified":"2025-03-18T02:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:56:15","slug":"standard-chartered-issues-first-ever-e1-billion-social-bond-to-support-smes-and-essential-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/ru\/standard-chartered-issues-first-ever-e1-billion-social-bond-to-support-smes-and-essential-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered Issues First-Ever \u20ac1 Billion Social Bond to Support SMEs and Essential Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Key Impact Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EUR1 billion Social Bond will significantly boost finance to SMEs, healthcare, education, infrastructure, and food security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>99% of funded projects target high-need areas in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Addresses urgent USD4.2 trillion annual funding gap in emerging markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-groundbreaking-social-finance-initiative\">Groundbreaking Social Finance Initiative<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Standard Chartered has launched its first-ever Social Bond, issuing EUR1 billion aimed primarily at financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), healthcare, education, essential infrastructure, and food security projects in emerging markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around USD4.2 trillion in annual investment is needed across emerging markets to foster sustainable development and growth, highlighting the critical role of private sector capital in bridging this gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diego De Giorgi, Group CFO at Standard Chartered<\/strong>, emphasized:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOur first social issuance is an important milestone for the bank and demonstrates Standard Chartered\u2019s unique ability to raise capital in the world\u2019s largest financial centres and deploy it across borders, into those markets where the need for sustainable finance is most acute.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-strategic-focus-on-high-impact-regions\">Strategic Focus on High-Impact Regions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Funds from the Social Bond issuance will primarily support Standard Chartered&#8217;s Sustainable Finance asset pool, which includes USD5.5 billion of social assets, 99% of which are located in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. 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