(Market Screener, Annecy, 2 December 2021) General Electric announced that the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, between 130km and 190km off the north-east coast of England in the North Sea, reached financial close on debt financing for phase C, the third 1.2 GW phase. Upon completion, Dogger Bank is...
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(Lexology, London, 18 November 2021) Discussion of hydrogen fuel has become increasingly prevalent over the past few years. The increased push to reach net zero targets,...
more(Guardian, London, 13 November 2021) A new alliance of financial institutions is committed to funding the changes necessary to avert climate catastrophe. Alliance Chair Mark Carney notes that six years ago, in Paris, countries reached an historic agreement to limit the global temperature rise...
more(Morningstar, Chicago, 9 November 2021) Capital critical to funding the greening of utilities and other industries makes the financial industry a key player in curbing global warming. At a global climate summit last week, big banks, institutional investors, insurance companies, and regulators...
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Governments worsen climate crisis with USD billions in export finance
... more(China Daily, Beijing, 9 August 2021) The Chinese government issued a policy on July 16 encouraging Chinese businesses to integrate green development through overseas investment and cooperation. The document, titled "Green Development Guidelines for Overseas Investment and Cooperation", was...
more(Global Trade Review, London, 4 August 2021) Export credit agencies (ECAs) are lagging private financial institutions in setting targets for reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions and are missing opportunities as the energy transition gets underway. That’s the argument of a...
more(Guardian, Sydney, 6 July 2021) Australia’s export credit agency provided more than $1.5bn in finance to fossil fuel projects between 2009 and 2020, about 80X what it spent on renewables, according to a new report from Jubilee Australia. Over the same 11-year period, covering the hottest years...
more(S&P Globlal, New Yrk, 3 June 2021) The difficult-to-decarbonize maritime shipping sector was not part of the Paris agreement, and is projected to account for an increasing portion of global CO2 emissions. The international cargo and container shipping industry plays a central role in...
more(National Review, Washington, 9 March 2021) Veronique de Rugy of the conservative leaning National Review notes that "asking Ex-Im officials to identify steps through which the United States can promote...
more(TXF News, London, 1 December 2020) The International Chamber of Commerce Global Export Finance Committee’s Sustainability Working Group (ICC-SWG) is out to market with an ambitious initiative: to engage the export finance community in a discourse on how the industry aims to fulfil the UN’s...
more(Both ENDS, Amsterdam, 29 January 2021). Atradius Dutch State Business (ADSB) recently launched the so-called “Green Label”. This is a methodology to determine whether a transaction can be qualified as a green transaction. Such green transactions are eligible for export credit insurance with...
more(Above Ground, Ottawa, 13 January 2021) Between 2016 and 2018, Canada provided more public finance for fossil fuels than any G20 country other than China, with Export Development Canada (EDC) providing on average $13.8 billion in support to oil and gas companies each year. Last month more than...
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