Ahren Lester

Articles by Ahren Lester

  • 2Dii: Should ESG ratings be abolished?

    12 May 2022

    Climate finance think tank 2° Investing Initiative (2Dii) has launched a short survey around environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings...

  • Loan round-up: Syngenta, Zayo, Guess, Odinsa, Mitiska REIM ... and more

    12 May 2022
  • Bond round-up: CADES, KfW, UK, IDA, Georgia Power, OneMain, BTS ... and more

    11 May 2022
  • Sustainable bond market share in Europe drops in 2022

    10 May 2022

    The share of total European bond issuance held by sustainable bonds has dropped to 14% in the first three months of 2022...

  • CFOs 'surprisingly committed' to hiking sustainable bond issuance, says PwC

    10 May 2022

    Private sector chief financial officers (CFOs) are "surprisingly committed" to increasing their issuance of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds...

  • ICE launches 'nature-based' carbon credit futures contract

    09 May 2022
  • Half of independent Berkshire Hathaway shareholders back climate vote

    06 May 2022
  • Bond market 'sceptical that EU social taxonomy will see light of day'

    06 May 2022

    There is widespread scepticism among bond issuers and investors that the EU social taxonomy will ever come to fruition amid the challenge of finalising even the green taxonomy, according to PriceWaterhousecoopers (PwC).

  • Loan round-up: Sembcorp, HKR International, Sonae Arauco ... and more

    05 May 2022
  • BMO GAM targets biodiversity engagement escalation

    05 May 2022

    BMO Global Asset Management (GAM) said it will widen its corporate engagement on environmental and biodiversity issues in 2022 after escalating action in 2021, in particular focusing on turning commitments into action.