Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

 With the announcement of the financing of the Vung An II coal plant, the AFII initiates its SSA exclusion list by putting JBIC and KEXIM on it, together with a few of AFII's earlier designated SSA climate destroyers. And we explain what SSA stands for/is. 

( 6 Jan 2021)

The 30 Dec 2021 announcement of a +USD500mn facility for a Russian oil company on behalf of JBIC leads us to take a further look at the issuer, not least in the context of a potential coming green bond issuance.

(11 Jan 2022)

Recent commtiments to high-carbon companies and financing could be awkward for investors in KfW's green bonds, especially as they contain general corporate purpose language in their documentation.

(1 Jul 2022)

With recent QLD decisions to ramp up thermal coal mining, we review the status of Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) grey and green-labelled bonds, as well as the key investors.

(29 Aug 2022)

Newfoundland and Labrador, the Canadian province, is opening up for raising capital in the EUR SSA market. Being a leader in facilitating ultra-deepwater wildcat oil and gas operations, our analysis indicates that some investors may consider the ESG suitability of the issuer, if it it comes to market.

(7 Mar 2023)