09/01/2021
ADB approves US$60 million climate resilience package for Vietnam
Financing to improve transport and water supply infrastructure in ethnic minority communities
09/01/2021
Financing to improve transport and water supply infrastructure in ethnic minority communities
09/01/2021
Funds engaged in leading responsible investment practice saw their AUM grow 30% at the expense of the remainder of the market which shrunk 11%.
08/31/2021
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX) to develop carbon neutrality products.
08/30/2021
Among other things, it wants the disclosures to be based on recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, an international framework to help public companies disclose climate-related risks.
08/29/2021
There is broad acknowledgement of the need to change.
08/26/2021
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) approved the ESG-focused fund last month, two years after it was initially launched in Singapore.
08/24/2021
Asia is quickly catching up with the rest of the world on environmental and societal development, says Robeco.
08/24/2021
Hong Kong’s financial regulator has set out the requirements for funds to integrate climate risk management in their investment processes.
08/23/2021
The number of clients that have invested in sustainable investment mandates or funds have also grown 140 percent over the last 12 months.
08/23/2021
Different stages, approaches may indicate slow progress but emissions trading to play key role in the region
08/22/2021
There is a sense we are now at an inflection point, with climate mitigation and other ESG issues becoming core to investment and business strategies for issuers, borrowers and investors.
08/19/2021
China’s national Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) could have a material impact by mid-decade, according to the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and Schroders.
08/16/2021
New guidelines from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority suggest that climate risk assessment will be a wide-ranging exercise.
08/13/2021
Figures from Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission show that assets of ESG-themed funds jumped four-fold year-on-year to NT$89.5 billion ($3.13 billion) in 2020.
08/13/2021
Now she is activating her own personal sense of purpose by helping her clients to pursue theirs.
08/10/2021
The Working Group I report is the first instalment of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which will be completed in 2022.
08/09/2021
Funds held in green deposits will only be used to finance projects that help reduce pollution, such as renewable energy installations.
08/09/2021
Such data provide snapshots into the complex and often opaque world of sovereign funds, which collectively hold nearly $8 trillion in assets.
08/09/2021
One of the green issues currently having a major impact on society is indeed plastic
08/09/2021
The figures tell a dual story. First, of impressive growth. Investor demand, emerging regulatory disclosure requirements, and the launch and reclassification of environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds have fuelled a surge in ESG-focused asset all