Australian oil and gas company Woodside is looking to issue an “unsecured 10-year and/or 30-year bond offering,” according to LSEG, which would provide the company with a new source of finance for its gas expansion plans. While the value of the bond issuance has not...
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Adani Ports kicked off MSCI indices due to Carmichael coal link
26 November 2021 Finance research and ratings company MSCI wrote to its clients on Tuesday informing them that Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports, also referred to as APSEZ) is about to be kicked off four MSCI climate indices, after its links to the...
Case for cutting financial ties with Adani Group presented at webinar
21 September 2021 Last week Responsible Investor, in partnership with Market Forces, hosted a webinar entitled Adani Group’s new coal projects: why and how investors need to act. Hundreds of employees of financial institutions, based mainly in Europe and the US east...
Adani is doubling down on coal, investors and bond arrangers must act
30 July 2021 In mid-July Adani Electricity Mumbai issued US$300m worth of “sustainability-linked” bonds - a form of general corporate finance which carry no obligation to be directed towards sustainable projects and can be issued by any company willing to report on...
Are Deutsche Bank, Barclays, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered about to fund coal miner Adani Enterprises?
13 July 2021 Media reports from last week have named Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Standard Chartered and Barclays as the banks in discussion with Adani to provide US$1 billion to Adani Airport Holdings Ltd to refinance its debt. Adani Airport Holdings is owned by Adani...
Adani Ports attempts to save brand by dumping Bowen Rail Company
2 July 2021 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports) has announced in its latest Annual Report (page 129) that after setting up the haulage operation for the controversial Carmichael coal project under the Bowen Rail Company (BRC), it is transferring the...
Adani gets a lump of coal, loses three investors
25 June 2021 Adani Group celebrates its undermining of the Paris Agreement on climate change, while three more investors reject its destructive activities. The hypocrisy of the Adani Group was on full display this week, and nowhere was it more stark than big boss...
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...
HSBC bows to pressure and will phase out coal lending. It must also cut ties with Adani
16 March 2021 In response to a shareholder resolution coordinated by ShareAction, HSBC, Europe's largest bank and one of the biggest backers of fossil fuels, has announced it will table its own resolution on plans to phase out financing for coal-fired power and...
Barclays and HSBC at risk of losing three million customers over continued investment in fossil fuels
29 January 2021 As climate change continues apace with 2020 one of the hottest years on record, a survey of consumers who bank with Barclays and HSBC shows that these banks risk losing up to three million customers due to financing fossil fuels. The online...