7th May 2021 Ratings agency reporting has revealed that Adani’s Abbot Point coal port (recently rebranded to North Queensland Export Terminal - NQXT) has so far failed to secure external financing to repay a US$140 million debt due in September this year. Instead, the...
Major banks and pension funds dump Adani Ports amid rising controversy
20 April 2021 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports) was dealt a major blow last week when it was removed from S&P’s Dow Jones Sustainability Index after a case was presented to S&P showing Adani Ports' links to the Myanmar military, thermal coal...
Adani Ports removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index
13 April 2021 S&P Dow Jones has announced that it will remove Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports) from its Sustainability Index in response to evidence presented to it by human rights and environmental groups in March. Market Forces, Australian...
Hold-out Lloyd’s insurers increasingly isolated as MS Amlin says no to Adani
8 April 2021 This week, MS Amlin, the last of the top five Lloyd's insurers yet to commit to not insure the disastrous Adani Carmichael thermal coal project finally joined its competitors, with its CEO Johan Slabbert publishing the following statement on LinkedIn:...
MS Amlin; the only top 5 Lloyd’s insurer yet to rule out the Adani Carmichael coal project.
25 March 2021 In late 2019, after being denied insurance by mainstream insurance companies, Adani was able to secure coverage for the Carmichael coal project via insurers at Lloyd’s of London. However, while it’s true that Adani Carmichael seems to have managed to...
PIMCO bans Adani Ports investment, spreading Carmichael coal pain to key Adani company
23 March 2021 PIMCO, US-based investment giant which in 2020 was the biggest known boldholder in Adani Ports, has prohibited any future investment in the company and has confirmed that it did not invest in Adani Ports’ most recent bond issue in January. This is due to...
US$2.2 trillion investor PIMCO bans Adani Ports
22 March One of the world’s largest investors, PIMCO, has banned future investment in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports) due to the company’s role in the controversial Adani Carmichael coal project in Australia. PIMCO, which manages US$2.21 trillion,...
Adani Ports’ inclusion on Dow Jones Sustainability Index to be reviewed
19 March 2021 S&P Global has responded to a case put forward by 37 organisations by agreeing to undertake a review into the inclusion of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). After receiving the case on Wednesday 17...
S&P is reviewing Adani Ports’ inclusion on coveted Dow Jones Sustainability Index
19 March 2021 Within hours of receiving a letter from 37 groups calling on S&P Global to review Adani Ports’ inclusion on its Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the ratings agency giant has confirmed it will conduct a formal review. S&P wrote to Market...
Coal and coup; urgent review of Adani’s inclusion on Dow Jones Sustainability Index demanded
18 March 2021 UPDATE: (19/03/21) Market Forces has received confirmation that S&P Global will conduct a review into Adani Ports' status in its Dow Jones Sustainability Index. We call on S&P to take the evidence we have presented seriously and to ensure that...