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A detailed sustainability roadmap going forward will assist PLN’s credibility with ESG investors
22 December 2020 (IEEFA Indonesia): PLN must be prepared for a much higher level of scrutiny around its continuing coal investments and lack of progress in renewable energy investment projects when the company launches its debut green and/or sustainable bonds, finds a new briefing note by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). […]
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Reuters: Amundi said it has warned the State Bank of India it will evict one of the lender’s green bonds from a flagship fund if it helps finance a coal mine in Australia that has met fierce opposition from environmental groups. Amundi, which holds the bond in its Amundi Planet Emerging Green One fund, said […]
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Reuters: Credit Suisse plans to provide at least 300 billion Swiss francs ($328.41 billion) in sustainable financing over the next decade in areas such as renewable energy and Green Bonds. The move is the latest in a string of announcements by banks looking to display their green credentials and capture demand for cash from companies […]
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Reuters: China has excluded “clean coal” from a list of projects eligible for green bonds, according to long-awaited new draft guidelines published by the central bank on Friday. The new catalogue of eligible projects replaces the previous one published in 2015, and will be open to public consultation until June 12, the People’s Bank of […]
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Reuters: Chinese financial institutions provided at least $1 billion in “green” financing to coal-related projects in the first half of this year, a review of financial data showed, with fossil fuels still playing a major role in Beijing’s energy strategy. According to Shanghai-based financial data provider Wind, 7.4 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) in green corporate […]
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Reuters: Chinese regulators are close to releasing new “green bond” standards that would exclude polluting fossil fuel projects from corporate financing channels designed to lift environmental standards, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Beijing has in recent years promoted new green financing methods to help industry pay for its transition to cleaner modes of […]
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Environmental Finance: China will axe ‘clean coal’ from its green bond guidelines, in a move that will see its definition of green align more closely with the Climate Bond Standards and the consensus of opinions in the West. Geoffrey Choi, financial services assurance leader for the Asia Pacific region at EY, said at the Asian […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): S&P Global Ratings Inc. has assigned a relatively high green evaluation score to a German bank’s plan to issue a €250 million green bond with proceeds to go toward existing onshore wind projects in Germany. The overall score of 85 out of 100 given by S&P Global Ratings on Sept. […]
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Bloomberg Businessweek: As President Donald Trump prepares to pay failing coal plants to stay open, several states are hatching plans to gently put them to sleep. One solution gaining steam among lawmakers, environmentalists, and policy experts can be found in an unlikely place: the bond market. For utilities, getting out of the coal business can […]
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Bloomberg News: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board plans to issue green bonds in Canadian dollars for the first time, joining a growing list of borrowers selling the debt to finance environmentally friendly investments. “The issuance of green bonds is a logical next step to CPPIB’s investment-focused approach to climate change, and we are pleased to […]
IEEFA Indonesia: PLN has ‘Green Ambition’ but is short on renewable energy credibility
A detailed sustainability roadmap going forward will assist PLN’s credibility with ESG investors22 December 2020 (IEEFA Indonesia): PLN must be prepared for a much higher level of scrutiny around its continuing coal investments and lack of progress in renewable energy investment projects when the company launches its debut green and/or sustainable bonds, finds a new briefing note by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). […]