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<body>These awards serve as a testament to our unwavering commitment to act as a trusted partner, actively supporting our clients in their pursuit of energy transition ambitions. This also reaffirms CACIB’s leadership in the realm of sustainable finance, and highlights our exceptional expertise at successfully executing high-value and intricate deals that support the growth of our clients in Asia-Pacific.<grey-block>The annual IJGlobal Awards honours and celebrates greenfield and financing deals that closed in the calendar year across the globe in various sectors that collectively reflect infrastructure and energy, along with the organisations that made them happen.</grey-block><ul><li>Renewable Energy Deal of the Year: <a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/financing-largest-offshore-wind-project-asia-pacific-date">Hai Long’s 1,022 MW offshore wind farm</a> (Taiwan) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, FX Pre-hedging Bank, Hedging Bank, InterCreditor Agent, Commercial Facility Agent</li><li>Renewable Energy Deal of the Year – RTC:<a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/largest-single-project-financing-facility-india-power-its-first-round-clock-renewable-energy"> ReNew Power round-the-clock (RTC) project combining onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage system</a> (India) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank</li><li>Renewable Energy Deal of the Year – Offshore Wind: Jeonnam I’s 99 MW offshore wind farm (South Korea) Our role: Financial Advisor, Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank, Intercreditor Agent, Facility Agent, Offshore Security Agent</li><li>Power Deal of the Year – Hybrid: Keppel Corporation’s 600 MW combined cycle gas turbine plant transaction (Singapore) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank, Technical and E&S Bank</li><li>Oil & Gas Deal of the Year – Decarbonisation: Project financing for the expansion of Pertamina’s Balikpapan refinery and supporting the cleaner transition by significantly reducing emissions through energy efficiency (Indonesia) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank</li><li>Refinancing Deal of the Year – Onshore Wind: Project Typhoon 230 MW onshore wind portfolio (Taiwan) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank</li><li>Refinance Deal of the Year – Renewables Portfolio: TILT Renewables A$1.5 billion refinancing and upsize (Australia) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger</li><li>Refinance Deal of the Year – Data Centre: <a @href="https://airtrunk.com/airtrunks-a4-6billion-sustainability-linked-loan-sets-multiple-industry-benchmarks/">AirTrunk’s A$4.6 billion sustainability-linked loan</a> (Australia) Our role: Joint Sustainability Structuring Agent, Mandated Lead Arranger, Underwriter and Bookrunner</li><li>Sustainability-linked Loan – Data Centre: <a @href="https://www.digitaledgedc.com/news/digital-edge-secures-its-first-ever-green-loan-to-finance-the-development-of-south-koreas-largest-commercial-colocation-facility">Digital Edge’s green loan to support the first phase of its SEL 2 data centre project</a> (South Korea) Our role: Joint Green Loan Coordinators</li></ul><a @href="Quote1">Quote1</a><a @href="Quote2">Quote2</a></body>

<body>9 transactions supported by Crédit Agricole CIB in Asia-Pacific were awarded by Infrastructure Journal Global (IJGlobal) in several categories.</body>

Sweeping success in IJGlobal Asia Award for Crédit Agricole CIB clients

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<body>These awards serve as a testament to our unwavering commitment to act as a trusted partner, actively supporting our clients in their pursuit of energy transition ambitions. This also reaffirms CACIB’s leadership in the realm of sustainable finance, and highlights our exceptional expertise at successfully executing high-value and intricate deals that support the growth of our clients in Asia-Pacific.<grey-block>The annual IJGlobal Awards honours and celebrates greenfield and financing deals that closed in the calendar year across the globe in various sectors that collectively reflect infrastructure and energy, along with the organisations that made them happen.</grey-block><ul><li>Renewable Energy Deal of the Year: <a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/financing-largest-offshore-wind-project-asia-pacific-date">Hai Long’s 1,022 MW offshore wind farm</a> (Taiwan) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, FX Pre-hedging Bank, Hedging Bank, InterCreditor Agent, Commercial Facility Agent</li><li>Renewable Energy Deal of the Year – RTC:<a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/en/news/largest-single-project-financing-facility-india-power-its-first-round-clock-renewable-energy"> ReNew Power round-the-clock (RTC) project combining onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage system</a> (India) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank</li><li>Renewable Energy Deal of the Year – Offshore Wind: Jeonnam I’s 99 MW offshore wind farm (South Korea) Our role: Financial Advisor, Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank, Intercreditor Agent, Facility Agent, Offshore Security Agent</li><li>Power Deal of the Year – Hybrid: Keppel Corporation’s 600 MW combined cycle gas turbine plant transaction (Singapore) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank, Technical and E&S Bank</li><li>Oil & Gas Deal of the Year – Decarbonisation: Project financing for the expansion of Pertamina’s Balikpapan refinery and supporting the cleaner transition by significantly reducing emissions through energy efficiency (Indonesia) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank</li><li>Refinancing Deal of the Year – Onshore Wind: Project Typhoon 230 MW onshore wind portfolio (Taiwan) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger, Hedging Bank</li><li>Refinance Deal of the Year – Renewables Portfolio: TILT Renewables A$1.5 billion refinancing and upsize (Australia) Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger</li><li>Refinance Deal of the Year – Data Centre: <a href="https://airtrunk.com/airtrunks-a4-6billion-sustainability-linked-loan-sets-multiple-industry-benchmarks/">AirTrunk’s A$4.6 billion sustainability-linked loan</a> (Australia) Our role: Joint Sustainability Structuring Agent, Mandated Lead Arranger, Underwriter and Bookrunner</li><li>Sustainability-linked Loan – Data Centre: <a href="https://www.digitaledgedc.com/news/digital-edge-secures-its-first-ever-green-loan-to-finance-the-development-of-south-koreas-largest-commercial-colocation-facility">Digital Edge’s green loan to support the first phase of its SEL 2 data centre project</a> (South Korea) Our role: Joint Green Loan Coordinators</li></ul><a href="Quote1">Quote1</a><a href="Quote2">Quote2</a></body>

<body>Over the next 3 years, IPlanet has an investment plan of over EUR 200 million to roll out the electric vehicle-charging infrastructure in the first 300 service stations. The transformation of the full portfolio is expected to be completed by 2032 and will facilitate a more sustainable mobility sector, in line with national and European guidelines.  This financing will support the roll-out of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network across a selected portfolio of approximately 500 existing IP’s service stations in Italy.  The project represents a pioneering transaction in the infrastructure project financing space and a landmark opportunity in the Italian EV fast changing market where IPlanet is amongst the first movers.  This transaction is in line with Crédit Agricole Group's ambitions to actively contribute to the world's energy transition and support the global effort towards carbon neutrality.<a @href="CIT1">CIT1</a><a @href="CIT2">CIT2</a></body>

<body>Crédit Agricole CIB acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and Hedging Bank as well as co-Sustainability Coordinator for IPlanet, a 50/50 joint venture of Macquarie Capital and IP specialised for the electrification of service areas on urban and suburban roads. Their objective is to become a multi-energy and multi-service hub meeting the different mobility needs of Italians. </body>

Crédit Agricole CIB closes the financing for IPlanet EV charging Network in Italy

<body>Over the next 3 years, IPlanet has an investment plan of over EUR 200 million to roll out the electric vehicle-charging infrastructure in the first 300 service stations. The transformation of the full portfolio is expected to be completed by 2032 and will facilitate a more sustainable mobility sector, in line with national and European guidelines.  This financing will support the roll-out of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network across a selected portfolio of approximately 500 existing IP’s service stations in Italy.  The project represents a pioneering transaction in the infrastructure project financing space and a landmark opportunity in the Italian EV fast changing market where IPlanet is amongst the first movers.  This transaction is in line with Crédit Agricole Group's ambitions to actively contribute to the world's energy transition and support the global effort towards carbon neutrality.<a href="CIT1">CIT1</a><a href="CIT2">CIT2</a></body>

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<body>The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR Government) issued around HK$6 billion worth of digital green bond offering denominated in four currencies – Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Renminbi and Euro. This landmark issuance represents the first multi-currency digital bond offering in the world, and marks the second digital bond offering following the HKSAR Government’s inaugural tokenised green bond <a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/hong-kong-sar-issues-worlds-first-government-issued-tokenised-green-bond">issued</a> in February 2023.Crédit Agricole CIB is one of the platform direct participants, and acted as joint green structuring bank, and joint global coordinator, joint lead manager and joint bookrunner on the transaction. Platform direct participants including Crédit Agricole CIB have direct access to the digital asset platform, and can hold the legal titles of the digital green bonds.<subtitle-block>Technology is reshaping the bond market</subtitle-block>In recent years, the market has seen an increasing number of digital bond issuances. In this world’s first multi-currency digital bond offering, the HKSAR Government has further achieved several new breakthroughs. These include:<ul><li>Cross-platform interactions with Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU), Euroclear and Clearstream, promoting interoperability across different platforms and traditional central securities depositories.</li><li>Streamlining the issuance process using digitally native format, removing the need to first issue the bond in traditional central securities depository and then convert into digital format.</li><li>To enhance transparency and information accessibility, users can view relevant green documentations, including green bond framework, and third party review reports on the digital asset platform.</li></ul><subtitle-block>When digitalisation meets sustainability</subtitle-block>On top of digitalisation features, the digital green bonds were offered under the Government Green Bond Programme. Proceeds will be allocated to finance and/or refinance green projects that provide environmental benefits and support the sustainable development of Hong Kong.  This unique digitalised, sustainable, and multi-currency issuance offered diversity to trade and resulted in significantly broader investor participation. <a @href="quote1">quote1</a><a @href="quote2">quote2</a><subtitle-block>Read more</subtitle-block>At Crédit Agricole CIB, our purpose is to offer best-in-class solutions for clients. Our award-winning team has been an active member in the Hong Kong bond and sustainable market:<ul><li><a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/bank-co-authors-first-sustainable-finance-thought-leadership-paper-alliance-green-commercial">Crédit Agricole CIB co-authors the first sustainable finance thought leadership paper by The Alliance For Green Commercial Banks</a></li><li>We supported the <a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/hong-kong-mortgage-corporation-issues-asias-largest-social-bond">Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation in issuing Asia's largest social bond</a> and the <a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/hong-kong-sar-issues-worlds-first-government-issued-tokenised-green-bond">Hong Kong SAR in issuing the world’s first government-issued tokenised green bond</a></li><li><a @href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/asiamoney-names-credit-agricole-cib-hong-kongs-best-bank-esg-2023">Asiamoney names Crédit Agricole CIB as Hong Kong’s Best Bank for ESG in 2023</a></li></ul></body>

<body>Crédit Agricole CIB is one of the platform direct participants, a joint green structuring bank, and a joint global coordinator.</body>

Hong Kong SAR Government issues the world’s first multi-currency digital green bond

<body>The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR Government) issued around HK$6 billion worth of digital green bond offering denominated in four currencies – Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Renminbi and Euro. This landmark issuance represents the first multi-currency digital bond offering in the world, and marks the second digital bond offering following the HKSAR Government’s inaugural tokenised green bond <a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/hong-kong-sar-issues-worlds-first-government-issued-tokenised-green-bond">issued</a> in February 2023.Crédit Agricole CIB is one of the platform direct participants, and acted as joint green structuring bank, and joint global coordinator, joint lead manager and joint bookrunner on the transaction. Platform direct participants including Crédit Agricole CIB have direct access to the digital asset platform, and can hold the legal titles of the digital green bonds.<subtitle-block>Technology is reshaping the bond market</subtitle-block>In recent years, the market has seen an increasing number of digital bond issuances. In this world’s first multi-currency digital bond offering, the HKSAR Government has further achieved several new breakthroughs. These include:<ul><li>Cross-platform interactions with Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU), Euroclear and Clearstream, promoting interoperability across different platforms and traditional central securities depositories.</li><li>Streamlining the issuance process using digitally native format, removing the need to first issue the bond in traditional central securities depository and then convert into digital format.</li><li>To enhance transparency and information accessibility, users can view relevant green documentations, including green bond framework, and third party review reports on the digital asset platform.</li></ul><subtitle-block>When digitalisation meets sustainability</subtitle-block>On top of digitalisation features, the digital green bonds were offered under the Government Green Bond Programme. Proceeds will be allocated to finance and/or refinance green projects that provide environmental benefits and support the sustainable development of Hong Kong.  This unique digitalised, sustainable, and multi-currency issuance offered diversity to trade and resulted in significantly broader investor participation. <a href="quote1">quote1</a><a href="quote2">quote2</a><subtitle-block>Read more</subtitle-block>At Crédit Agricole CIB, our purpose is to offer best-in-class solutions for clients. Our award-winning team has been an active member in the Hong Kong bond and sustainable market:<ul><li><a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/bank-co-authors-first-sustainable-finance-thought-leadership-paper-alliance-green-commercial">Crédit Agricole CIB co-authors the first sustainable finance thought leadership paper by The Alliance For Green Commercial Banks</a></li><li>We supported the <a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/hong-kong-mortgage-corporation-issues-asias-largest-social-bond">Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation in issuing Asia's largest social bond</a> and the <a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/hong-kong-sar-issues-worlds-first-government-issued-tokenised-green-bond">Hong Kong SAR in issuing the world’s first government-issued tokenised green bond</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ca-cib.com/news/asiamoney-names-credit-agricole-cib-hong-kongs-best-bank-esg-2023">Asiamoney names Crédit Agricole CIB as Hong Kong’s Best Bank for ESG in 2023</a></li></ul></body>

<body><figure @class="image"><img @height="315" @src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/MicrosoftTeams-image (2)_33133_CDN_images.jpg" @style="aspect-ratio:600/315;" @width="600"></img></figure><subtitle-block>EMEA ESG Financing House of the Year</subtitle-block>“For its raft of landmark bond, loan and convertible ESG deals, as well as a host of ESG framework updates, particularly alignments with the demanding EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities, Crédit Agricole CIB is IFR’s EMEA ESG Financing House of the Year.” (IFR.) Read IFR’s write-up <a @href="https://www.ifre.com/story/4294623/emea-esg-financing-house-credit-agricole-cib-qz8c221qqy">here</a>.The IFR Awards are among the most highly regarded in the banking and capital markets industry, and this is the eighth year that Crédit Agricole CIB is recognised - an exceptional result in a competitive market, and recognition of our longstanding commitment and leadership in Sustainable Finance.<a @href="quote1">Quote1</a><subtitle-block>IFR Asia</subtitle-block>Our strength across international markets stems from our ability to adopt global business models to local needs. As a European Bank with a long-standing presence and profound understanding of the Asia Pacific region, we are also proud to have supported our clients in the winning Asia Bond of the Year & IFR Asia’s ESG Bond of the Year (SK Hynix’s US$2.5bn triple-tranche combination trade) as well as IFR Asia’s ESG Loan of the Year (AirTrunk’s A$4.6bn sustainability-linked loan).View the IFR Asia write ups here: <ul><li><a @href="https://www.ifre.com/story/4294351/asia-bond-sk-hynixs-us25bn-triple-tranche-bond-z9xhxx5bky">Asia Bond of the Year</a></li><li><a @href="https://www.ifre.com/story/4300042/esg-bond-sk-hynixs-us25bn-triple-tranche-combination-trade-1n0dh0ydjh">ESG Bond of the Year</a></li><li><a @href="https://www.ifre.com/story/4288796/esg-loan-airtrunks-a462bn-sustainability-linked-loan-ppkkqdlrys">ESG Loan of the Year</a></li></ul><a @href="Quote2">Quote2</a></body>

<body>The IFR Awards are among the most highly regarded in the banking and capital markets industry. </body>

IFR Awards 2023: Crédit Agricole CIB is EMEA ESG Financing House of the Year

<body><figure class="image"><img height="315" src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/MicrosoftTeams-image (2)_33133_CDN_images.jpg" style="aspect-ratio:600/315;" width="600"></img></figure><subtitle-block>EMEA ESG Financing House of the Year</subtitle-block>“For its raft of landmark bond, loan and convertible ESG deals, as well as a host of ESG framework updates, particularly alignments with the demanding EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities, Crédit Agricole CIB is IFR’s EMEA ESG Financing House of the Year.” (IFR.) Read IFR’s write-up <a href="https://www.ifre.com/story/4294623/emea-esg-financing-house-credit-agricole-cib-qz8c221qqy">here</a>.The IFR Awards are among the most highly regarded in the banking and capital markets industry, and this is the eighth year that Crédit Agricole CIB is recognised - an exceptional result in a competitive market, and recognition of our longstanding commitment and leadership in Sustainable Finance.<a href="quote1">Quote1</a><subtitle-block>IFR Asia</subtitle-block>Our strength across international markets stems from our ability to adopt global business models to local needs. As a European Bank with a long-standing presence and profound understanding of the Asia Pacific region, we are also proud to have supported our clients in the winning Asia Bond of the Year & IFR Asia’s ESG Bond of the Year (SK Hynix’s US$2.5bn triple-tranche combination trade) as well as IFR Asia’s ESG Loan of the Year (AirTrunk’s A$4.6bn sustainability-linked loan).View the IFR Asia write ups here: <ul><li><a href="https://www.ifre.com/story/4294351/asia-bond-sk-hynixs-us25bn-triple-tranche-bond-z9xhxx5bky">Asia Bond of the Year</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ifre.com/story/4300042/esg-bond-sk-hynixs-us25bn-triple-tranche-combination-trade-1n0dh0ydjh">ESG Bond of the Year</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ifre.com/story/4288796/esg-loan-airtrunks-a462bn-sustainability-linked-loan-ppkkqdlrys">ESG Loan of the Year</a></li></ul><a href="Quote2">Quote2</a></body>

<body><figure @class="image"><img @height="346" @src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/Paristhumbnail920x346_33003_CDN_images.jpg" @style="aspect-ratio:920/346;" @width="920"></img></figure><title-block>The largest syndication of OATs in the history of the AFT</title-block>The Green OAT 3.00% 25 June 2049 issuance amount at a yield of 3.201% reached an all-time high of €8 billion, bringing the total amount of green OATs issued to date to €69.9 billion.The order book (which reached €98 billion, more than twelve times the requested amount) reflects the diversity and the quality of the investor base of the French sovereign debt with nearly 470 final investors taking part in the operation. The geographical distribution of investors shows strong domestic and European demand. Around two thirds of the €8bn issued have been allocated to green investors.This represents the largest syndication of OATs in the history of the AFT, and the AFT remains the largest sovereign issuer of green bonds in the world, thus contributing to the strong development of this sector.Crédit Agricole CIB acted as joint bookrunner. This transaction strengthens the Bank's partnership with the AFT, which it supports on its ESG strategy and in particular in its four green OAT issues, including one indexed to European inflation.<title-block>Framework for France’s Green Bonds</title-block>Green OATs target State budget spending on climate change mitigation, adaptation to climate change, biodiversity protection and pollution control, in line with the Energy Transition and Green Growth Act and France's commitment to implement the Paris Agreement. The selection grid for Green Eligible Expenditures is defined in the<a @class="link-pdf" @href="https://www.aft.gouv.fr/files/archives/attachments/25562.pdf"> framework document</a> for the State's green bonds.The Agence France Trésor issued the first sovereign benchmark green bond in 2017, paving the way to hundreds of billions of green bonds issued by countries across the globe.Crédit Agricole CIB is proud and honoured to be a partner to the Agence France Trésor since the first day of this journey.<a @href="Citation1">Citation1</a><a @href="Citation2">Citation2</a></body>

<body>The French Republic, through the Agence France Trésor successfully issued their fourth French sovereign green bond with a maturity of 25 years.</body>

Agence France Trésor issues their fourth sovereign green bond

<body><figure class="image"><img height="346" src="https://ca-cib.celum.cloud/Paristhumbnail920x346_33003_CDN_images.jpg" style="aspect-ratio:920/346;" width="920"></img></figure><title-block>The largest syndication of OATs in the history of the AFT</title-block>The Green OAT 3.00% 25 June 2049 issuance amount at a yield of 3.201% reached an all-time high of €8 billion, bringing the total amount of green OATs issued to date to €69.9 billion.The order book (which reached €98 billion, more than twelve times the requested amount) reflects the diversity and the quality of the investor base of the French sovereign debt with nearly 470 final investors taking part in the operation. The geographical distribution of investors shows strong domestic and European demand. Around two thirds of the €8bn issued have been allocated to green investors.This represents the largest syndication of OATs in the history of the AFT, and the AFT remains the largest sovereign issuer of green bonds in the world, thus contributing to the strong development of this sector.Crédit Agricole CIB acted as joint bookrunner. This transaction strengthens the Bank's partnership with the AFT, which it supports on its ESG strategy and in particular in its four green OAT issues, including one indexed to European inflation.<title-block>Framework for France’s Green Bonds</title-block>Green OATs target State budget spending on climate change mitigation, adaptation to climate change, biodiversity protection and pollution control, in line with the Energy Transition and Green Growth Act and France's commitment to implement the Paris Agreement. The selection grid for Green Eligible Expenditures is defined in the<a class="link-pdf" href="https://www.aft.gouv.fr/files/archives/attachments/25562.pdf"> framework document</a> for the State's green bonds.The Agence France Trésor issued the first sovereign benchmark green bond in 2017, paving the way to hundreds of billions of green bonds issued by countries across the globe.Crédit Agricole CIB is proud and honoured to be a partner to the Agence France Trésor since the first day of this journey.<a href="Citation1">Citation1</a><a href="Citation2">Citation2</a></body>