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Moody’s Investors Service completes periodic review of the ratings of Sindicatum Renewable Energy Co. Pte Ltd

Sindicatum wins the Sustainable Business Awards (SBA) for Best SME, with a Special Recognition for Stakeholder engagement and materiality

GuarantCo and Sindicatum Renewables Sign Deal for Green Bonds Worth $60 Million

GuarantCo guarantees local currency Green Bonds, totalling USD 60 million, for Sindicatum Renewables to support solar and wind projects in India and the Philippines

Sindicatum Renewables raises PHP 1.06 billion with green bond, its second landmark issuance of 2018

Moody’s publish ratings

Sindicatum issues first international green bond in Indian rupees (The Asset)

Sindicatum Renewable issues INR-2.5bn green bond (Renewables Now)

Bond Boost For India RE (reNews)

Sindicatum Renewable Issues Green Bond (Asia Asset Management)

Sindicatum Issues Innovative INR 2.5 Billion International Green Bond

Fitch and Moody’s publish ratings

Sindicatum wins the Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Award for Sustainable Business (SME Category)

Sindicatum’s Devin Narang selected as one of India’s 100 ‘Most Powerful Solar Leaders

Sindicatum’s Assaad W Razzouk, 17th on INSEAD’s “Most Influential CEOs on Twitter”

So We Signed the Paris Agreement. Now What?

Sindicatum JV inaugurates 22-MW solar park in Philippines

Sindicatum’s 22-MW solar power plant opens at Clark Freeport

PH Dealbook: Sindicatum mulls $32m power plant; Belgium’s Enfinity divests 70MW solar projects

Sindicatum wins the Commodity Business Business Awards 2015 for Excellence in Emissions Markets

Rallying cry in Paris to avoid environmental catastrophe

Briefing paper issued by the Carbon Tracker Initiative, CERES, SynTao Green Finance, the Climate Bonds Initiative, E3G, Track0 and Sindicatum urges 3 essential actions in the period following the Paris COP to scale-up climate finance

Orient Green to sell stake in Indian power project to Singapore’s Sindicatum

Sindicatum picks India’s Sterling and Wilson to build its 23MW Solar Farm in Clark Green City in the Philippines

Sindicatum wins the 6th Annual Responsible Business Awards for its renewco initiative

Renewable Energy Magazine – Advancing the solar revolution: An interview with Assaad Razzouk

Singapore’s SSR (Sindicatum Sustainable Resources) C-Solar to build Clark Green City power plant

Sindicatum Renewable Energy Announces Confidential Submission of Draft Registration Statement in the United States For Yieldco Vehicle

Sindicatum CEO Assaad W. Razzouk in The Top 100 People Shaping Cleantech On Twitter

Assaad W. Razzouk appointed Chairman of ASrIA, the leading association dedicated to promoting sustainable finance in Asia

Teri University graduates several beneficiaries of Sindicatum scholarships

Valuing carbon: One size doesn’t fit all – Feature article via Eco Business

Even as a global deal to curb carbon emissions eludes the world’s governments, different carbon-pricing systems are being set up by regional blocs, signalling that the carbon-credit system is not dead, but flourishing.

Sindicatum wins Thailand Energy Awards 2014 for renewable energy projects associated with the transmission system (On-Grid).

Sindicatum wins The Green Organisation’s Green World Ambassador and Green Apple Awards

London, 10 November 2014. Sindicatum Sustainable Resources was awarded The Green Organisation’s Green World Ambassador and Green Apple Awards for its commitment to large-scale clean energy production and GHG emission reductions. 

In Focus: Saving Planet Earth. Sindicatum CEO Assaad W. Razzouk speaks to Channel News Asia

Sindicatum in the news: Inaugural forum to uncover new ways of investing for good

Financing based on outcomes, returns on sustainable investments, and a new philanthropy landscape among ideas to be discussed at the upcoming Innovative Finance for Sustainable Development conference in Singapore.

Sindicatum wins Leadership in Sustainability award at British Chamber of Commerce Singapore’s 15th Annual Business Awards

Press Release: Sindicatum wins ASEAN Energy Awards 2014

Bangkok, 1 October, 2014. Sindicatum Sustainable Resources (Thailand) has won the ASEAN Energy Awards 2014 under ‘On Grid – National Grid’ category of Renewable Energy Project Awards for its Thai Landfill-Gas-to-Energy (“LFGE”) projects.The awards were announced and presented at a ceremony in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (“P.D.R.”),…

Sindicatum joins 346 global institutions with over USD 24 trillion in assets calling for strong climate action

Sindicatum’s Assaad W. Razzouk named by The Guardian as one of the “Top tweeters on renewable energy”

Philippines: Sindicatum to invest $100m in renewables, calls for country to be more serious about Clean Energy

Sindicatum in the news: CMIA is expanding its presence and influence in Asia

The Climate Markets and Investment Association (CMIA) is pleased to announce the creation of its new Asia regional chapter. The chapter will be co-chaired by Assaad Razzouk, CEO ofSindicatum and a CMIA Board Member, and Andrew Affleck, managing partner at Armstrong Asset Management.

Global Construction Review: Assaad Razzouk on Sindicatum and its projects

Clean energy developer Assaad Razzouk tells GCR how his company has moved into profit with targeted ventures in Asia, and how everybody could make money being green if the odds weren’t stacked so heavily in favour of fossil fuels. Rod Sweet reports

Sindicatum in the news: EU renewables targets criticized by “strong voices” say ICTSD: Harvard’s Stavins, Assaad Razzouk and The Economist

Assessing the value of the EU’s renewables and emissions reduction targets.

Press Release: FMO and Proparco invest in further growth of Sindicatum in Asia

Singapore, 19 December 2013.  FMO, PROPARCO, and Sindicatum Sustainable Resources today announced the signing of a USD 30m mezzanine facility agreement with a 7-year maturity.  The funding will be used to grow Sindicatum’s bio-waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy projects in India, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Sindicatum Sustainable Resources…

Sindicatum at the Brookings Institution

On December 4, 2013, the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution hosted a private, high-level roundtable discussion led by Climate Advisers, which also featured participation from the World Bank Group, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and Sindicatum Sustainable Resources. The presentations and discussion focused…

Press Release: Sindicatum wins Commodity Business Awards 2013

Singapore, 25 November 2013. Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group has won the Commodity Business ‘Excellence in Emissions Markets’ Award as well as a special commendation for Excellence in Market Policy and Advisory. The awards were announced and presented at a ceremony in London on 20 November 2013. The Commodity…

First authoritative survey of price forecasts builds confidence in China’s carbon markets

An authoritative joint China Carbon Forum – Australian National University survey released yesterday indicates an average price by 2016 of USD 6.5 per tonne of avoided CO2 equivalent emission in China’s emerging carbon markets. The Survey also indicates a combined price (national emissions traded and carbon tax) of…

Business of Greening The World: India and China need to take the lead in international climate talks

clean energy entrepreneur Assaad W Razzouk says the prevalent climate change discourse needs a serious over-haul before there is any real impact. Group Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Sindicatum Sustainable Resources, Razzouk believes Asia — India and China specifically, need to take the lead in international climate talks and create…

Press Release: USD 20 trillion global investor coalition puts spotlight on Asia

HONG KONG 19th June 2013 – Investors from over 20 emerging and developed economies gathered for the first time last week to consider the risks and opportunities arising from climate change, and to develop further their collective efforts. The meeting – organised by the Asia Investor Group on…

Press Release: New Ideas for Harnessing Global Carbon Markets to Confront Climate Change

The carbon markets are dead, long live the carbon markets

Political inertia and empty rhetoric are diluting and undermining the efforts of market based mechanisms to tackle climate change. by Assaad W. Razzouk and Gareth Phillips  Today, annual global emissions exceed 34bn tons, and in order to avoid catastrophic planet-wide consequences, must decrease more than 50% by 2050. This…

Sindicatum in the news: EUR Activ: MEPs throw lifeline to EU’s ailing carbon market

Sindicatum in the news: China Carbon Forum: The Future of the Clean Development Mechanism, Perspectives from China

This article first appeared on China Carbon Forum

Press Release: Industry Body Calls on UN to Lead by Example and Offset Its Carbon Footprint

Argus European Emissions Markets News: UK’s PDF calls for CDM changes

Sindicatum in the news: Point Carbon: UN should ditch fruitless climate talk, launch bank.

Sindicatum in the news. The New York Times: ‘What the Doha Climate Talks Could Do for Sustainable Development’

While participants at last year’s climate meeting in Durban, South Africa, agreed on an extension of the troubled Kyoto Protocol, it is at this year’s meeting in Doha, Qatar, that policy makers have to agree on the pesky details, including long-term emission reduction goals. Read the full article…

Sindicatum wins multiple energy awards

Singapore, 16 November 2012. Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group won the prestigious Energy Institute ‘Energy Excellence’ Award for its Duerping Project in China. The awards were announced and presented at a ceremony in London on 15 November 2012. The Energy Institute Awards’ panel of judges shortlisted entries with “Originality…

Sindicatum Represents the UK in the European Business Awards for the Environment

Sindicatum Represents the UK in the European Business Awards for the Environment.

Sindicatum Completes First Demonstration of Near Zero Emissions Mining

Sindicatum Completes First Demonstration of Near Zero Emissions Mining.

Simbhaoli Sugars enters into a clean power generation JV with Sindicatum Sustainable Resources.

Simbhaoli Sugars enters into a clean power generation joint venture with Sindicatum Sustainable Resources.

Sindicatum Wins Commodity Business Awards 2011.

Sindicatum Wins Commodity Business Awards 2011, 17 November 2011.

Sindicatum wins Green Business Awards 2011.

Sindicatum wins Green Business Awards 2011, 2 November 2011.

Sindicatum CEO wins ASrIA award for Most Progressive Corporate Leader.

Sindicatum CEO wins ASrIA award for Most Progressive Corporate Leader, 29 September 2011

MSW joint venture with Anaeco.

MSW joint venture with Anaeco, 7 September 2011.

Sindicatum unveils new branding.

Sindicatum unveils new branding, 4 September 2011.

Sindicatum wins Carbon Finance Deal of the year Award.

Sindicatum wins Carbon Finance Deal of the year Award, 25 July 2011.

Sindicatum wins Global Business Excellence Award for Outstanding Green Initiative.

Sindicatum wins Global Business Excellence Award for Outstanding Green Initiative, 15 June 2011.

Sindicatum featured on Bloomberg TV, 22 March 2011.

Sindicatum featured on Bloomberg TV, 22 March 2011.   [vimeo_video width=”580″ height=”420″ id=21425800]

Verdeo Group merges with Sindicatum

Verdeo Group merges with Sindicatum.

Verdeo lists largest coal mine methane abatement project with the Climate Action Reserve

Verdeo lists largest coal mine methane abatement project with the Climate Action Reserve.

Sindicatum China Coal Mine Methane and VAM Projects, December 2010

Sindicatum China Coal Mine Methane and VAM Projects, December 2010 [youtube_video width=”580″ height=”420″ id=3trK0UZIcYY]

Sindicatum Indonesia Biogas Projects, December 2010

Sindicatum Indonesia Biogas Projects, December 2010 [youtube_video width=”580″ height=”420″ id=1UI4YmHnpPM]

Sindicatum Thailand Landfill Gas to Energy Projects

Sindicatum Thailand Landfill Gas to Energy Projects, December 2010 [youtube_video width=”580″ height=”420″ id=2y_L1ZeyLKY]

Environmental Finance names Verdeo Group “Best Project Developer—North American Mandatory Markets”

Environmental Finance names Verdeo Group “Best Project Developer—North American Mandatory Markets”.

Verdeo Group the Best Project Developer

Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance have named Verdeo Group the Best Project Developer – North American Mandatory Markets in their 11th annual market survey.

Mount Merapi: Sindicatum to provide IDR 330 million in sustainable disaster relief

Mount Merapi: Sindicatum to provide IDR 330 million in sustainable disaster relief

Sindicatum Coal Mine Methane Project featured on CCTV China.

Sindicatum Coal Mine Methane Project featured on CCTV China, 17 September 2010 [video clip] [vimeo_video width=”580″ height=”420″ id=27571900]  

Jason Clark from Devon Energy and Santosh Lakhan from Verdeo Group explain how to stop leaks while generating savings and carbon credits in the Oil & Gas industry.

Jason Clark from Devon Energy and Santosh Lakhan from Verdeo Group explain how to stop leaks while generating savings and carbon credits in the Oil & Gas industry.

Santosh Lakhan and Marisa Buchanan discuss how coal mines can create value by generating carbon offsets from VAM abatement

Santosh Lakhan and Marisa Buchanan discuss how coal mines can create value by generating carbon offsets from VAM abatement. Download.

Verdeo Group assesses EPA’s final methane reporting rule for underground coal mines.

Verdeo Group assesses EPA’s final methane reporting rule for underground coal mines.

Verdeo partners with Consol Energy to capture mine methane

Verdeo partners with Consol Energy to capture mine methane. [arrowlist] Read WSJ article. Read WV State Journal article. Read article at Industrial GHG Solutions. [/arrowlist]

CONSOL Energy and Verdeo Group to develop first large coal mine VAM abatement project in West Virginia

CONSOL Energy and Verdeo Group to develop first large coal mine VAM abatement project in West Virginia.

John Savage, Managing Director of Verdeo, discusses ways for oil & gas companies to profit from Subpart W

John Savage, Managing Director of Verdeo, discusses ways for oil & gas companies to profit from Subpart W.

The American Carbon Registry approves new U.S. oil & gas sector methodology developed by Verdeo Group and Devon Energy Corporation

The American Carbon Registry approves new U.S. oil & gas sector methodology developed by Verdeo Group and Devon Energy Corporation.

Verdeo Group hires former AES exec as CFO

Verdeo Group hires former AES exec as CFO.

Verdeo provides an overview of EPA’s efforts to regulate GHG emissions and how companies may be impacted

Verdeo provides an overview of EPA’s efforts to regulate GHG emissions and how companies may be impacted.

Harvard Business Review – Technology and Climate.

Harvard Business Review – Technology and Climate.

John Savage, Managing Director of Verdeo, discusses the impact of pending climate change legislation on oil & gas companies in Argus Q&A, 16 November 2009.

John Savage, Managing Director of Verdeo, discusses the impact of pending climate change legislation on oil & gas companies in Argus Q&A, 16 November 2009.

Marisa Buchanan, a featured speaker from Verdeo Group at the U.S. EPA Coal Mine Methane Conference

Marisa Buchanan, a featured speaker from Verdeo Group at the U.S. EPA Coal Mine Methane Conference, delivers a presentation on emerging GHG policy, and impacts on coal mines and coal mine methane project development.

Sindicatum – EPA – CMM Energy Conference

SCC – EPA – CMM Energy Conference.    

Wayne White Joins Sindicatum as General Counsel

Wayne White Joins SCC Americas as General Counsel.

Jeff Liebert is featured speaker at Longwall USA Conference 2009

Jeff Liebert is featured speaker at Longwall USA Conference 2009.

Jeff Liebert, Managing Director of Verdeo Group, discusses in the June issue of Coal Age

Jeff Liebert, Managing Director of Verdeo Group, discusses in the June issue of Coal Age how carbon offset credits are being used as a new financing tool to capitalize coal mine methane destruction and utilization projects in the U.S.

Verdeo Group authors white paper

Verdeo Group authors white paper on effective cap & trade policy. Verdeo Group provides comments to the EPA on the Proposed Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule. Verdeo Group authors white paper on effective treatment of oil & natural gas fugitive emissions.

The Gold Standard Foundation (cdmgoldstandard.org) adopts a new financing structure for its certification system

The Gold Standard Foundation (cdmgoldstandard.org) adopts a new financing structure for its certification system.

Josh Green, CEO of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at Carbon TradeEx

Josh Green, CEO of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at Carbon TradeEx.

Josh Green, CEO of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at Law Seminars International’s conference

Josh Green, CEO of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at Law Seminars International’s conference on Climate Change Regulation & Policy.

Josh Green, CEO of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition 2009

Josh Green, CEO of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition 2009.

Sindicatum wins Cathay Pacific New Horizons Business Awards

Sindicatum wins Cathay Pacific New Horizons Business Awards.

WFP today welcomed a significant donation from Sindicatum of US$ 100,000 to support food-for-work projects in East Indonesia

WFP today welcomed a significant donation from Sindicatum Carbon Capital of US$ 100,000 to support food-for-work projects in East Indonesia.

Sindicatum Gives Major Donation to World Food Program for Rural Development in East Indonesia

Sindicatum Gives Major Donation to World Food Program for Rural Development in East Indonesia. [WFP News Article]

Verdeo Group weighs in on EPA’s proposed GHG regulation.

Verdeo Group weighs in on EPA’s proposed GHG regulation. John Savage, Managing Director of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at the US EPA Natural Gas STAR Conference.

Jeff Liebert, Managing Director of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at the US EPA Coalbed Methane Outreach Program

Jeff Liebert, Managing Director of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at the US EPA Coalbed Methane Outreach Program.

Taiyuan, Shanxi Province PRC

Taiyuan, Shanxi Province PRC. [vimeo_video width=”580″ height=”420″ id=27574197]

Jeff Liebert, Managing Director of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at MineExpo 2008

Jeff Liebert, Managing Director of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at MineExpo 2008. Jeff Liebert, Managing Director of Verdeo Group, is a featured speaker at the American Coal Council’s 2008 Coal Marketing Strategies Conference.

Harvard Business Review – Carbon Assets

Harvard Business Review – Carbon Assets

Susan Wood, CEO of Sindicatum Americas, and Rob Toker, SVP of the Technology Solutions Group discuss the carbon markets on the BusinessMakers radio program

Susan Wood, CEO of SCC Americas, and Rob Toker, SVP of the Technology Solutions Group discuss the carbon markets on the BusinessMakers radio program.

From Liability to Asset article in World Coal

“From Liability to Asset” article in World Coal – Jeffrey Liebert, Managing Director, Verdeo Group, discusses the opportunities that Coal Mine Methane represents for the US coal industry on the global carbon markets.

Verdeo Group announces close of Series A financing

Verdeo Group announces close of Series A financing.

Gareth Phillips – Bloomberg News Interview at the EIC Conference

Gareth Phillips – Bloomberg News Interview at the EIC Conference. [Bloomberg.com]

EIC Conference – Climate Change Bill: Implications for Business

EIC Conference – Climate Change Bill: Implications for Business.

Gulf One Investment Bank backs Sindicatum in the climate change space – Equity investment of $40 million in Sindicatum Carbon Capital closes

Gulf One Investment Bank backs Sindicatum in the climate change space – Equity investment of $40 million in Sindicatum Carbon Capital closes.

Susan Wood, CEO of Sindicatum Americas, discusses the voluntary market with PointCarbon

Susan Wood, CEO of SCC Americas, discusses the voluntary market with PointCarbon.

Dubai World backs Sindicatum in the climate change space. Invests $150 million in the Istithmar & Sindicatum Climate Change Partnership

Dubai World backs Sindicatum in the climate change space. Invests $150 million in the Istithmar & Sindicatum Climate Change Partnership.

ENAM and Sindicatum enter into a climate change joint venture covering the Indian market

ENAM and Sindicatum Carbon Capital enter into a climate change joint venture covering the Indian market.

Odira and Sindicatum agree to complete eight CDM projects which will abate 20 million tons of CO2

Odira and SCC agree to complete eight CDM projects which will abate 20 million tons of CO2.

(XFN-Asia) The UK’s Sindicatum will invest 50 mln usd in a coalmine methane project run by the Shanxi Coking Coal Group after signing deal in Taiyuan, the capital of northern China’s Shanxi province

(XFN-Asia) The UK’s Sindicatum Carbon Capital will invest 50 mln usd in a coalmine methane project run by the Shanxi Coking Coal Group after signing deal in Taiyuan, the capital of northern China’s Shanxi province.

AIG Global Investment Group signs an agreement to invest in Sindicatum Ltd

AIG Global Investment Group signs an agreement to invest in Sindicatum Carbon Capital Ltd.

Citigroup and Black River back Sindicatum in the climate change space

Citigroup and Black River back Sindicatum in the climate change space. Sindicatum Carbon Capital signs private equity placement with Citigroup Venture Capital International and the Black River Commodity Clean Energy Investment Fund.