Ahren Lester

Articles by Ahren Lester

  • Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Ivanhoe Cambridge, Hines, PRT Growing, Furla ... and more

    17 June 2021
  • Bond round-up: Enel, JBS, Hannon Armstrong, Southern California Edison, Canada ... and more - Updated

    16 June 2021
  • Australian debt head unconvinced by green bond cost benefit

    16 June 2021

    The Australian debt management office head said he remains "unconvinced" by the cost appeal...

  • RPMI Railpen joins partnership exploring best workforce metrics for listed firms

    15 June 2021

    £32 billion ($45 billion) pension fund RPMI Railpen has joined the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)...

  • Carbon prices expected to rise, amid Covid-19 recovery and climate ambition catalysts

    14 June 2021

    Market participants are increasingly confident that carbon prices across all major global emissions trading systems (ETSs)...

  • Sustainability Linked Bond Principles get first birthday present - further metric guidance

    11 June 2021

    One year after they were first published, the developers of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) have provided some illustrative metrics...

  • Fannie Mae, Nordea join Green Bond Principles executive as ING, Kommunalbanken depart

    11 June 2021

    Fannie Mae and Nordea Bank have been elected to the executive committee (ExCom) that develops the Green Bond Principles (GBP)...

  • Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Grosvenor, Uralkali, Mondi, Artesmedia ... and more

    10 June 2021
  • Green Bond Principles tightens 'key' recommendations to reflect market best practice

    10 June 2021

    Three years after the last update, the widely adopted Green Bond Principles has received a raft of updates to bring it in line with the developing best practice in the global sustainable bond market. Ahren Lester reports

  • Bond round-up: Eni, HP, RWE, Danske Bank, Kommuninvest, NRW Bank, Bank Windhoek ... and more

    09 June 2021