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AEON Credit Secures its Framework for Sustainability-Linked Loans, Strengthens and Advances its Sustainability Pledge

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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The Loans are the Group's first sustainable financing initiative and strengthens its commitment to endorsing and developing in the sustainability arena.

Key Points: 
  • The Loans are the Group's first sustainable financing initiative and strengthens its commitment to endorsing and developing in the sustainability arena.
  • Sustainability performance metrics have been set in accordance with AEON Credit's existing Sustainability Development Policy, and will be assessed on an annual basis by the external reviewer, the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency.
  • Mr. Tomoharu Fukayama, Managing Director of AEON Credit, said, "We are delighted to have arranged the Group's sustainability-linked loan framework for bank financing, which emphasizes our long-term commitment to the advancement of sustainable development.
  • Looking ahead, we will continue to proactively seek further opportunities to expand our sustainable financing portfolio and look forward to taking our stakeholders along on our sustainability journey."

Saint-Gobain to Invest $91 Million CAD in its Montreal Gypsum Plant, Creating the First Zero-Carbon Manufacturing Site for Wallboard in North America and Increasing Capacity by 40%

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
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The reduction in emissions associated with the equipment upgrades at the plant is the equivalent of removing 9,500 cars from the road.

Key Points: 
  • The reduction in emissions associated with the equipment upgrades at the plant is the equivalent of removing 9,500 cars from the road.
  • All of the production equipment at the Montreal plant that is currently powered by natural gas will be upgraded to newer equipment powered by renewably-sourced electricity.
  • These upgrades will allow the manufacturing operations at the plant to achieve carbon neutrality.
  • Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firms slogan Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed, inspired the name CertainTeed.

EQS-News: Industrial Metallurgical Holding: IMH ANNOUNCES IFRS CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR 1H 2021

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021
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In 1H 2021, the Group capitalised on the favourable market environment to increase its revenue, EBITDA, and net profit.

Key Points: 
  • In 1H 2021, the Group capitalised on the favourable market environment to increase its revenue, EBITDA, and net profit.
  • Sergey Frolov, Vice President for Strategy and Communications, commented on the 1H 2021 financial and operating performance:
    "We are happy to present record high results for the first six months of 2021.
  • Industrial Metallurgical Holding (IMH) is a Russian vertically integrated company specialising in production of pig iron, extraction and processing of coking coal and iron ore, foundry castling and powder metallurgy.
  • IMH is one of the world's largest suppliers of merchant pig iron and Russia's biggest exporter of merchant coke.