Ahren Lester

Articles by Ahren Lester

  • Unicredit and Deutsche Bank in €1bn sustainability-linked loan

    06 December 2019

    Lenders UniCredit and Deutsche Bank helped close a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) syndicated, environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked revolving credit facility for German specialist chemicals firm Lanxess.

  • S&P adds agriculture, forestry and waste to its green bond evaluation tool

    06 December 2019

    S&P has updated its Green Evaluation tool by adding the agriculture, forestry and waste industries to those it is able to assess.

  • Major investors call on EU leaders to urgently pass net-zero GHG target

    06 December 2019

    A group of 44 major global investors managing €6 trillion ($6.6 billion) in assets called on European leaders to urgently pass a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target.

  • 2° Investing Initiative, Beyond Ratings launch new climate target investment tool

    06 December 2019

    2° Investing Initiative (2DII) and data analytics company Beyond Ratings have launched a tool to help governments and organisations to align investments and policies with the goals of the Paris climate agreement.

  • Moody's expects green and social covered bonds growth to continue in 2020

    06 December 2019

    New issues of European green and social covered bonds are expected to see further growth in 2020, amid rising demand for the asset class, Moody's said in a report this week.

  • Science-Based Targets initiative sees uptake double

    05 December 2019

    The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has seen uptake from corporates double over the past year-and-a-half.

  • Impax sees rising demand boost assets and profitability "significantly"

    04 December 2019

    Impax Asset Management hiked its full year dividend by a third after a "significant" jump in its assets under management (AUM).

  • Vigeo Eiris to update framework after mapping to SASB

    04 December 2019

    Research and ratings agency Vigeo Eiris is updating some of its environmental and social governance (ESG) analysis models after mapping its framework to those of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

  • Trucost launches climate change physical risk analytics tool

    03 December 2019

    Trucost has launched an analytical tool to help companies assess their exposure to physical climate risk, as firms come under increasing pressure to assess and report the extent to which they are exposed to natural catastrophes.