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IJGlobal ESG Lifetime Achievement Award – James Cameron
Renewables EuropeWith a list of achievements in this space as long as your arm, James Cameron was a shoo-in as the first winner of the IJGlobal ESG Lifetime Achievement Award
IJGlobal ESG Outstanding Contribution Award – Anne Foster
Renewables EuropeThe panel of judges was so impressed with Anne Foster from Quinbrook that they created a category to recognise the role she has played in driving the ESG agenda
IJGlobal ESG Rising Star (Advisory) – Amy Cleaves
Renewables EuropeThe inaugural winner of the IJGlobal ESG Rising Star in the Advisory category is Hogan Lovells associate Amy Cleaves who thoroughly impressed the judging panel with her passion for ESG
IJGlobal ESG Rising Star (Investor) – Rachel Fleming
Renewables EuropeAn international finance specialist with a drawer full of passports, Rachel Fleming of IFM Investors wowed the IJGlobal judging panel to become an IJGlobal ESG Rising Star in the Investor category
Sembcorp's S$675 million SLB, Singapore
Renewables Asia PacificIn September, Sembcorp Industries raised $501 million through its inaugural sustainability-linked bond, anchored by a $110 million investment from IFC. The issuance sets the scene for an emerging financing instrument in the Southeast Asian energy sector as the region showcases decarbonisation strategies at COP26
IJGlobal ESG Awards 2021 – The Deals
Renewables EuropeIn this section of the write-ups from IJGlobal ESG Awards 2021, the focus is turned on the transactions – identifying real developments from during the judging period that turn the dial on the environmental, social and governance front
IJGlobal ESG Awards 2021 – The Company Winners
Renewables EuropeThe infrastructure community – those who could be there on the night in these times of Covid-19 – gathered this week in central London to celebrate the victorious at the inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards
Philadelphia’s William H Gray III 30th Street Station
Transport North AmericaIn September, Amtrak announced financial close on one of its legacy stations – the William H Gray III Philadelphia 30th Street Station, a major transport hub and crucial link along the Northeast Corridor
Redstone CSP, South Africa
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaA project 7 years in the making, the 100MW Redstone CSP at Postmasburg, Northern Cape has finally started construction after its ACWA Power-led team of sponsors closed on a $800 million deal
IJLatAm: Viva a 'infrastructure' revolução!
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaAttendees at our recent IJLatAm 2021 conference – a hybrid event, and one we sorely hope to be the last affected by international travel restrictions – received an insight into Brazil’s ambitious pipeline of infrastructure PPPs that continues to advance at breakneck speed
AMLO cracks down on power market
Renewables Latin AmericaAfter two years of Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador trying to reform the country's power sector, the statesman has dealt his last card – a constitutional reform that would "decimate" the industry, according to deal watchers
Rye Park Wind Farm, Australia
Renewables Asia PacificThe unorthodox financing of Tilt Renewables’ Rye Park Wind Farm not only makes it stand out in the renewables savvy Australian market but also highlights the increasing risk appetite of lenders for green energy projects
Wallowing in greenwash & gargling with Kool-Aid
Renewables EuropeMaybe it’s bad form when writing up the winners for the inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards, but with everything that’s going on at the moment it’s hard not to stare balefully at all this virtue signalling from across the infrastructure and energy community
The role of cost-benefit analysis in the tragedy of the horizon
Renewables North AmericaIn 2015, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, spoke to a room full of some of the world’s savviest bankers and issued a chilling warning. He said that if climate change continued unchecked, it would threaten the world’s financial stability resulting in what he termed the “tragedy of the horizon.”
A look inside ADB's Energy Transition Mechanism
Renewables Asia PacificFuture project finance participants will remember 2021 as the year when Southeast Asia threw down the innovation gauntlet. ADB recently selected a team of advisers to work on a funding vehicle to phase out coal while scaling up renewables in Southeast Asia. IJGlobal shares insights from project insiders and a Prudential chairman who is an outspoken proponent of the coal retirement mechanism
REFF Wall Street: Financers still wary of taking on merchant solar
Renewables North AmericaWhile some debt investors have grown increasingly comfortable financing merchant solar assets over the last few years, many market watchers at REFF Wall Street 2021 remain unconvinced that the attractive yields to be gained by taking on merchant exposure outweigh the associated risks