Newsletter - Page 7

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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 ...

Held last 30 September, Total’s Investor Day was an opportunity for France’s integrated oil group to reaffirm its commitment to fighting climate change. The event was eagerly awaited after rival B...

In the energy sector, the latest strategic and climate announcements from BP and Total have been the subject of extensive comments (see this month's Trends section). While there are many similarit...