By Jon Hay
06 May 2021
Sustainability-linked bonds are the hot capital markets product of 2021, and are developing so fast that even specialists in the field find it hard to keep up with the pace. The market has benefited from the very early definition of guiding principles last year but, writes Jon Hay, big questions remain about what the instrument is for and how it should be governed. It was clear when Enel, the Italian power and gas company, launched the first sustainability-linked bond in September 2019 that this was a powerful concept, likely to attract strong interest. But the growth since the second issuer, Brazilian paper group Suzano, appeared in September 2020 has surprised even
The Fells to open for 2021 season
Postcard of The Fells, in Lake Sunapee, N.H. Courtesy of The Fells Historic Estate and Garden
Published: 4/27/2021 9:33:12 PM
Here is a look at the May events at the John Hay Estate at the Fells. For more information or to register, visit thefells.org.
First Thursday Hike, May 6, 11 a.m.: Join Nick Scheu, landscape director, or Simon Parsons, education director, at The Fells property. These informal, moderate walks will be an opportunity to get a little exercise, spend time out in the landscape, and learn something new about the gardens and the home once owned by the John Hay family. The topic will change monthly. Members free, non-members included with regular admission fee. No reservations are necessary. Meets at The Fells Kiosk.
Sky Commissions Original Supernatural Crime Series ‘The Rising’ – Global Bulletin Variety 1 hr ago
In today’s Global Bulletin, Sky commissions supernatural thriller “The Rising” and Channel 4 and Peacock wage “The Undeclared War”; The Garden, BBC Studios Productions and Constantin Film Development reveal senior appointments; Rakuten TV expands AVOD offering; and Disney India picks up kids series “Dr Tenali Rama HMKD” from Cosmos-Maya.
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Sky original series, supernatural crime thriller “The Rising,” is the first series produced entirely in-house from Sky Studios, Sky’s production and development arm. It tells the story of Neve Kelly who discovers that she is dead, and is determined to find her killer and get justice, believing that it was someone she knew.
24 Hours in A&E producer The Garden after 11 years.
Nicola Hill and John Hay will become joint CEOs of the London- and Leeds-based company, part of ITV Studios.
The pair have worked closely alongside Temple over the past three years as managing director and chief creative officer, respectively.
Temple will remain with the company for several months in a consultancy role, and to see through ongoing projects.
Meanwhile, Nicola Brown, who joined The Garden as director of programs just over a year ago, has been promoted to creative director. Her expanded role encompasses both development and delivery across the prodco’s output.
Watch for the gulls. They gather to feast.
Their prey river herring are on an epic, ancient journey to their birthplace to spawn and replenish their species. But first, they must navigate their way upstream, bolt through a series of fish ladders and evade swarms of ravenous gulls and an array of other hungry creatures.
The herring are running.
Here s how acclaimed Brewster nature writer John Hay described a predatory conclave in Nature s Year (1961): The big white and gray birds hover over, then dive down in a flock where the fish crowd in shallow water on their way up. The valley is full of marauding and assemblies and crying out as the fish keep on, rushing and weaving with the stream flowing over their backs.