By MYRNA M. VELASCO The Department of Energy (DOE) has engaged the help of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) so they can guide banks and other financing entities on how to navigate the intricate web of capital formation that shall underpin the massive-scale pipeline of renewable energy (RE)...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the second tranche of the ASEAN fixed rate green bonds issuance of Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation (EDC) which is targeting to raise P6.0 billion with an oversubscription allotment of P4.0 billion. EDC President and COO Jerome H....
Renewable energy firm Energy Development Corporation (EDC), a subsidiary of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation, is scheduling the second tranche of its ASEAN green bond offering with target proceeds of P10 billion that will continually bankroll the company’s projects. In a disclosure to the...
Filipino-led Citicore Energy REIT Corp. (CREIT), which is the first renewable energy company in the country to undergo real estate investment trust (REIT) listing , posted marginal income growth of just 2.0-percent in the first quarter this year to P304.96 million from P300.30 million last year. On...
The Duterte administration will sell fresh debt papers to overseas investors, including the government’s maiden green bond issue, a document from the Bureau of the Treasurer revealed. Based on a Treasury document obtained by reporters on Monday, March 21, the government is planing to raise funds...
The Philippines will soon launch its maiden $500-million green bonds in the offshore debt markets to help raise funds for the country’s clean energy projects and other sustainable initiatives, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said in a statement...
The government is finalizing its sustainable finance framework for the issuance of the Philippines’ first-ever sovereign green bonds, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Friday, Nov. 19, that the establishment of the framework is a key step in...
The country’s big banks have so far issued $2.78 billion worth of green, social and sustainability bonds, broken down as $1 billion sustainability bonds and P84.5 billion ($1.78 billion) peso-denominated green bonds. These green bonds were issued by so-called “first mover” banks since 2017,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Energy Development Corporation’s plan to offer up to P15 billion worth of fixed-rate ASEAN green bonds. In its meeting on June 8, the Commission En Banc resolved to render effective the registration statement of EDC covering securities...
Agrinurture Inc. (ANI), the listed agriculture company of businessman Antonio Tiu, is planning to raise up to EUR 75 million (P4.29 billion) through the issuance of long term Green Bonds and commercial papers. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firms aid its Board of...
