Transition
Capital markets bankers are alert to the possibility that growing awareness of the need to transition away from fossil fuels — acknowledged explicitly by all signatories to the Paris Agreement for the first time in the COP26 agreement in Glasgow — could begin to sap the bond market access of oil and gas companies.
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Rabobank CEO Wiebe Draijer says that private finance must have a role in financing the transition to a more sustainable, equitable and healthy way of feeding the planet.
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UK’s net zero financial centre plans could disappoint unless Scope 3 disclosure mandated
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Governments speak up on lack of funding, as investors say ESG agenda has anti-EM bias
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Scheme will bring clarity to thorny issue for capital markets
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InfraCo Africa and Helios Investment Partners are joining forces to establish a pan-African investment vehicle – Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR)
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Renewables investor Aker Horizons has unveiled a project to use offshore wind power in the North Sea to produce green hydrogen for export from Scotland
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Greens criticise group’s tolerance for fossil fuels
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Slew of COP 26 developments aims at ditching coal for clean energy
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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the United Arab Emirates have formed a strategic partnership to launch a $1 billion funding platform to accelerate the transition to renewables in developing countries
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The Colombian government has kicked off the tender process for the Magdalena Riverway PPP with an announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow
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The European Investment Bank is promising to provide financing only to companies that are Paris-aligned or working towards it
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ESG bonds flourish as climate targets come into more focus, but the work in Asia is only beginning
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Swiss Re’s group CUO Thierry Léger has explained to Insurance Insider the rapid progress insurers need to make in the next decade, adding that “every year counts”.
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Financial authorities must ‘massively expand’ risk-sharing pools.
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has thrown its weight behind the shift towards loans and projects being fully aligned with the Paris climate agreement, timing its announcement for COP26
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Asian Development Bank has launched the long-awaited energy transition mechanism for clean energy transition in Southeast Asia, starting with Philippines and Indonesia
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Financial help needed to kickstart difficult parts of transition
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In September 2021, Singaporean renewable energy company Sembcorp Industries raised S$675 million ($501 million) through its inaugural sustainability-linked bond (SLB), anchored by a S$150 million investment from IFC. The issuance sets the scene for an emerging financing instrument in Southeast Asia’s energy sector as the region showcases decarbonisation strategies at COP26
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Growing investor scrutiny over ESG threatens funding access
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Australian mining mogul Andrew Forrest’s renewables company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has signed an MoU with British construction giant JCB and renewables developer Ryze Hydrogen for the supply of green hydrogen to the UK
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an MoU with Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to support reaching the Indonesian state utility's renewable energy goals
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Prime minister Modi expects climate change causers to help the sufferers
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The stickiness of ESG investors is critical if the aviation industry is to meet its 2050 net-zero goals
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Oil and gas major Santos made a final investment decision on its proposed Moomba carbon capture and storage (CCS) project on Monday, November 1
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President Xi Jinping has set out bold plans to decarbonize China’s economy. But most companies and banks, hampered by a lack of top-down regulation, have little idea what ESG is, let alone how to measure and report it. It is a mess – and one that China needs to clear up fast.
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UN secretary-general António Guterres called on the Coalition of Finance Ministers to make Cop26 a success. But they have limited scope to deliver ambition, more to improve implementation
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Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit World Tour 2021 will focus on decarbonisation with the firm saying urgent action is needed to decarbonise the global economy.
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