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The global race to net-zero: what about hic et nunc decisions?

13 Jan 2021
14 min.

14-minute read
 
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...

Low-carbon hydrogen: sensing the path towards large-scale deployment

13 Jan 2021
6 min.

6-minute read
 
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 ...

ISS acquisition by Deutsche Börse in a context of mounting ESG data sourcing quality & sovereignty concerns in Europe

13 Jan 2021
10 min.

9-minute read
 
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 ...

NRG’s $900 million Sustainability-Linked Bond: Setting a North American Precedent

13 Jan 2021
6 min.

6-minute read
 
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...

Integrating sustainability criteria into central banks’ asset purchasing programs – the Swedish Central Bank as a first mover

13 Jan 2021
6 min.

3-minute read
 
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...

Buyout of Kersia by IK Investment: First LBO financing in France that includes sustainability-linked features

13 Jan 2021
1 min.

1-minute read
 
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...

Waste & Circular Economy: Deciphering green & sustainable challenges and opportunities of waste management

12 Jan 2021
2 min.

This report explores the essential role played by waste management in transitioning the economy towards a more circular model. The concept of “circular” economy, based on maintaining over time the ...

Low-carbon hydrogen: sensing the path to large-scale deployment

22 Dec 2020
1 min.

Long considered the energy carrier of the future, hydrogen has apparently entered a new era. With massive recovery plans in Europe heavily focused on the production and uses (mobility, industry) of...

Asset Owners sharpen the implementation of their Net-Zero Carbon investment strategies

30 Nov 2020
5 min.

5-minute read 
 
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...

France’s strategy on export financing: a stick and carrot approach with fossil fuels funding phasing out and a supporting factor for EU Taxonomy compliant activities

30 Nov 2020
13 min.

- 12-minute read -
 
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...

The European Union's plunge in the Social Bonds Market

30 Nov 2020
9 min.

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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...

Etihad’s $600 million Sustainability-linked Sukuk: the first of many things

30 Nov 2020
12 min.

- 10-minute read - 
 
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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