Bonne Année!
Wishing you all health, happiness, and a more sustainable future in the New Year ahead!
This time of the year is an excellent occasion to reflect on achievements and lessons after ...
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China’s recently disclosed ambition to become carbon neutral by 2060[1] and to reach its GHG emissions peak before 2030 has been hailed as a potential game-changer[2]. Similar net...
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In the energy sector, the year 2020 has undoubtedly been that of a change of dimension for low-carbon hydrogen, as illustrated throughout the past six months by the multiplication ...
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In November 2020, the operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange, Deutsche Börse acquired 80% of the American company, Institutional Shareholder Services group of companies (ISS), a ...
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On July 24, 2020, NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), an integrated power company built on dynamic retail brands with diverse generation assets, announced the $3.6bn all-cash acquisition...
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The Swedish Central will reportedly purchase more green bonds in its asset purchasing programs. At the end of last year, Sweden’s Central Bank (the “Riksbank”) announced its intent...
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The acquisition of Kersia by IK Investment has been financed through a Sustainability-linked syndicated leverage loan structure including RCF & term loan B tranches, in line wi...
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With the publication of its “Draft 2025 Target Setting Protocol”, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA) provides a useful tool in the journey to fulfill its members’ commitme...
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The French Directorate-General of the Treasury handed a report to the Parliament on a climate strategy for public export financing last October. Through amendments to the 2021...
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The Covid-19 pandemic and widespread lockdown measures have severely slowed down the economies of many countries around the world. European real GDP is now projected to contrac...
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Etihad Airways, the second flag carrier of the UAE, has launched the world’s first Transition Sukuk and the first sustainability-linked bond in aviation, under their Transiti...
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On November 20, 2020 the European Commission published the long-awaited Draft Delegated Act under the Taxonomy Regulation[1], on climate change mitigation and climate change a...
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In November, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak made numerous announcements related to sustainable finance, as part of the UK’s plan to bolster the dynamism, open...
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From a sustainability standpoint, the past few weeks saw major developments in the energy sector with Engie halting talks with US LG developer NextDecade over a 20-year supply ...
As public debate over the ecological transition creates pressure on governments, transparency & availability of information on the environmental impact of public spending are necessary to main...
Following the publication of ICMA’s Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) in June 2020 (see our July article), a few inaugural issuances of this new product were observed on the market re...
Natixis acted as Sole Sustainability Structurer and Joint Bookrunner for AFD’s inaugural Sustainable Development Goals Bond (€ benchmark 7-year SDG Bond), under its new SDG Bond Framework.
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On September 25, 2020, sixty-two Financial institutions, corporates, governments and regulatory bodies as well as think-tanks created an “Informal Working Group” (IWG) to work on a Task Force for ...
