Climate Action

As the bank eyes a record fundraising year, acting CFO Domenico Nardelli talks infrastructure, bonds, hard to price risks, and market opportunities.

The deal by the Singapore infrastructure player is for a $60m green bond issued by India's Continuum Green Energy to support its renewable energy and battery storage expansion.

The Indian renewable energy power producer is looking to accelerate industrial decarbonisation, including for Bharat Aluminium, through large-scale solar and wind projects.

The oversubscribed Euro offering is in three tranches of 8, 12 and 20 years, and follows green bond issuances in Hong Kong and Australia in H1 2026.

Governments are accelerating efforts to secure critical mineral supply chains for batteries, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and defence technologies. However, Rio Tinto says the commercial conditions needed to unlock large-scale new supply remain far less certain.

SMBC, ING and Standard Chartered have helped provide the $300m financing for the project in Luzon, which will support the country's energy transition.

Singapore-based Jarek Olszowka has over two decades of experience in financial services and most recently worked at Nomura in London.

Alinta Energy is one of Australia’s leading energy retailers and generators. Sembcorp is looking to grow its renewables capacity to 25 GW by 2028.

Ruminant Biotech, a New Zealand-based tech business looking to reduce methane emissions from pasture-based livestock, has raised around $9.5m in a Series A fundraising.