Sydney Airport has issued an approximately $600 million multi-tranche US private placement bond featuring a $100 million sustainability linked tranche. This is Sydney Airport’s third…
Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment
Insight Investment predicts issuance of green bonds could hit close to US$300 billion in 2020, and the global fund manager is continuing its call for…
Company, investor climate change partnership “essential”: Robeco
Partnership between companies and investors, and between investors themselves, is “essential” to meeting climate change targets, according to global fund manager Robeco. Carola van Lamoen,…
Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now
As bushfires continue to burn across the southeast of Australia, the push is on to implement effective responses to minimise risk and optimise opportunities stemming…
Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan
The global green bond market continues to both grow and spread into new instruments and new categories, according to J.P. Morgan. Global issuance of labelled…
CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing finance of up to $60 million to Bank Australia for a green home loan program. The new…
Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire
Economists have begun to count the costs of bushfires throughout southern Australia, identifying that the agriculture, tourism, retail and construction sectors will see negative impacts,…
Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package
Renewable energy generation developer Genex Power has closed a nearly $200 million debt funding package that has been verified as a green loan, certified by…
Climate-related policies “inevitable”, but likely to be disorderly: IPR
Governments will inevitably be required to implement climate-related policies, but due to “highly insufficient” actions thus far, the response by 2025 will be “forceful, abrupt…
Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves
This week, Exxon was cleared over charges it had misled shareholders over the cost of climate change, but a legal expert cautioned that directors should…