Repsol commits to ‘positive’ climate lobbying following investor pressure
Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has committed to align its lobbying practices with the aims of the…
Investors,Stranded Assets
Results for Repsol
Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has committed to align its lobbying practices with the aims of the…
Investors,Stranded Assets
None of the 50 largest oil and gas companies have aligned their emission intensity with a pathway that…
ESG,Investors,Policy
Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).
Green Bonds
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has weighed in on the debate about the creation of a new market…
Green Bonds,Investors,Markets
A ‘climate action bond’ issued by natural gas infrastructure company Snam has reignited a debate around…
Green Bonds
The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) – an asset-owner led initiative backed by more than $9.3 trillion…
Equity,Investors
Danish pension fund PKA has said divestment is a possibility for 64 oil and gas companies with which…
Investors,Policy
A RMB1 billion ($150 million) bond to boost the efficiency of a 2GW coal-fired power plant in China has…
Green Bonds,Policy
I recently had an interesting chat with a leading green bond underwriter. He wanted to know whether I thought a green bond to finance energy-from-waste would be well received by the market.
Green Bonds
A 36% increase in new issues in the first six months of this year, combined with further signs of maturity in the market, suggest green bonds are entering their second decade in good health.
Green Bonds
Repsol's green bond rocked the green bond market in May by reigniting the 'what is green' debate.
Green Bonds
The exclusion of Repsol's bond from the main green bond indexes highlights that a lack of a clear definition of what is green is hindering the market, argues Keith Mullin.
Green Bonds
The controversy over Repsol's green bond continued to burn today after it emerged that it has been excluded…
Green Bonds
Spanish oil & gas company Repsol issued a controversial green bond that immediately raised concerns, mainly because it represents more investment in production that results in more carbon emissions, even if more efficiently. Marcio Viegas assesses the controversy
Green Bonds
Spanish oil company Repsol has issued a controversial €500 million ($543 million) green bond that will…
Debt,Green Bonds
US private equity giant Blackstone has sold its majority stake in WindMW to China Three Gorges (CTG)…
Equity,Investors,Renewables
A group of 14 leading industrial companies have called on negotiators at the UN climate change talks…
Carbon,Policy
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has today said it would abandon proposed investments in four offshore…
Corporate
The majority of big companies produce Corporate Responsibility (CR) reports but only 5% are linked to…
Investors,Investment
A total of 16 projects with a combined generation capacity of 8GW have made it through to the final stage…
Corporate
Green Bonds California 2019
Green Bonds Asia 2019
ESG in Fixed Income, featuring the Green Bonds Americas conference
ESG in Fixed Income featuring Green bonds Europe
Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?