The SLB in question comes from one of the key companies in the oil sand industry – Enbridge – which is planning to hold an investor call with regards to the potential issuance. On the face of it, this potential issuance could seem like a step towards a part energy transition for Enbridge.
However, we believe that it does not represent such a move. Enbridge is a company that features on a fair number of investor exclusions lists, due to its high involvement in oil sands. The company is also known from recent protests in the US with regards to the construction of pipelines.
Furthermore, the documentation for Enbridge’s SLB does not mention, at any time, “oil sands”. The second opinion on the bond mentions it once. And this is perhaps important as a pointer to the robustness of the three performance metrics for the SLB.
