Sustainalytics Honored with Three Awards by The Asset for Its External Reviews of Sustainability Bonds and Linked Loans
July 23, 2020, Sydney– Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of ESG research, ratings and data, has been awarded three Triple A Asia Infrastructure Awards 2020 by The Asset, Asia’s leading financial publication for issuers and investors. As the largest second-party opinion provider, Sustainalytics was honored for providing external reviews on landmark sustainability bonds and sustainability-linked loans in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sustainalytics was recognized in the Regional Transport Deal of the Year, Australia Green Project of the Year and Australia Transport Deal of the Year – Airport categories for providing external reviews for New South Wales (NSW) Treasury Corporation’s AUS $1.8 billion sustainability bond, and Sydney Airport Finance Company’s AUS $1.4 billion syndicated sustainability-linked loan. The Asset noted that Sydney Airport’s landmark transaction is the first of its kind in Australia, the largest across Asia-Pacific and the largest of all airports globally. While the NSW Treasury Corporation sustainability bond is the largest Australian dollar sustainability bond and the first sustainability bond from an Australian semi-government issuer.
Green, social, and sustainability bonds in the Asia-Pacific market jointly reached USD $187 billion in 2019, according to industry sources. Through its second-party opinions, Sustainalytics supports this dynamic market by ensuring sustainability bond and sustainability-linked loan issuer frameworks align with leading international guidelines and principles. Within the past three years, the firm has provided more than 120 green, social and sustainable bond second party opinions in the Asia-Pacific region.
“Sustainalytics is proud to be recognized by The Asset for our external reviews of landmark sustainability bonds and linked-loans within Asia-Pacific,” said Sustainalytics’ Director of Sustainable Finance Solutions, Nicholas Gandolfo. “The increasing momentum around sustainable finance activities within the region is exciting to see, with a growing segment focused on renewable and resilient infrastructure projects that support the transition to a low-carbon built environment.”
The Asset’s Triple A Asia Infrastructure Awards recognize the institutions and the deals in Asia within the infrastructure sector that have contributed to the enhancement of the region’s future prospects in the past year. The awards honor all the organizations who contributed to the project, including the sponsor, sustainability coordinators, bookrunners, legal advisers and external reviewers.
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