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Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... infrastructure for CCS technology deployment. The consultation will run until April 15, 2024. Human Rights Watch reports carbon credit scheme Cambodia's largest carbon offsetting project has been accused of human rights abuse, with carbon consultancy ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
New Forests has invested in a 70,000-hectare block of peat swamp forest in Thailand as the first investment in its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2). New Forest's investment in the Kuan Kreng Landscape (KKL) in Thailand holds the country's ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... generation and ammonia co-firing in coal-fired plants. The bond was independently verified by the Climate Bonds approved Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA). Japan's national commitment to greenhouse gas emissions reduction is a 46% reduction from 2013 ...

NAB negotiates green loan with US-based renewables developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... parties serving as joint lead arrangers on a deal that saw a US-based renewable energy developer increase its revolving credit facility as a green loan. Houston-based Swift Current Energy upped its US$225 million revolving credit facility to $312.5 million. ...

Ninety One launches emerging market transition debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... financing "to support real-world efforts in mitigating and reducing carbon emissions where most needed," including investing in credit that provides new clean infrastructure and technology and to high-emitting companies that have potential to meaningfully ...

Hazardous chemicals a key challenge for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... well as health and safety related to product performance or product characteristics, are considered material factors to credit, according to S&P Global. Awareness of exposure levels and advocating for transparency are crucial aspects of responsible investing. ...

Nature-related disclosures underway

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... are asset manager Ethical Partners Funds Management, natural capital investor New Forests, and investment firm Metrics Credit Partners. Australian companies are Brambles, Forico, Telstra, the Port of Newcastle, the GPT Group, Transurban Limited, AirTrunk ...

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
A global natural capital manager raised US$130 million towards its US$300 million target for its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2). Investors in TAFF2 include Mitsui, Nomura, Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Australian government, David and Lucile ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
China's Certified Emission Reductions (CCER) scheme has restarted after a six-year pause, as the country releases its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Suspended in 2017 due to low trading volume and lack of standardisation in carbon audits ...

A rising tide for blue bond investment: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Rowe Price has identified US$5 billion in blue bonds currently in global markets, and portfolio manager, global impact credit strategy Matt Lawton compares the state of the blue bond market ot the size of green bonds 15 years ago. "As we forecast out ...