Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Taking the lead on climate change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the world's reference science group for climate change – says that human activity has caused the global temperature to reach 1℃ above pre-industrial levels.

Climate risks are not priced into market valuations, and corporate climate disclosures are insufficient: GSIA poll

Globally, 92% of respondents agreed that the TCFD recommendations are helpful and 92% agreed that they will help investors to limit the global average temperature rise to less than 2°C.

Green investments, financing gaining traction in Indonesia

With the rising popularity of the note among issuers, Ramdhan hoped it would increase awareness among domestic investors and encourage other companies

Japanese pension fund pushes asset managers to get tougher on sustainability

Expect more pressure on corporate management for climate-risk disclosure and other environmental, social and governance, or ESG, issues.

China fund's plan to revolutionise green finance

The bank has set aside $US500 million for the project, which it will invest in green bonds issued by infrastructure companies.

Climatescope 2019 by BloombergNEF

Rapidly growing nations that today are just as rapidly expanding their carbon footprints must reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Carbon Neutral Isn’t Enough

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says average global temperatures cannot be allowed to exceed

Green Finance for a Sustainable World" - Keynote Speech by Mr Ong Ye Kung

Minister for Education, Singapore and Board Member, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at SFF x SWITCH 2019 on 11 November 2019

Asian ESG investing scene still lags behind other regions, says HSBC

This compares with 96% of investors and 97% of issuers in Europe and 100% of investors and 98% of issuers in the US.

PE Panorama: US a laggard on ESG

Some 89% of respondents have an ESG policy in place, and the 11% who don’t, manage less than US$5 billion.

Water risks should be incorporated into investment processes

The report also identified a number of water risks which may be ignored by investors but which should be brought into processes.

Why ESG investing is a fiduciary duty of asset managers

Despite industry debate, Japanese government pension fund is strongly proactive in adopting ESG investing

China companies worst in Asia for environmental sustainability, Hong Kong firms fare best—report

The failure of China’s largest corporations to meet waste management and emissions reductions targets have given them the lowest score in a ranking of how companies report their environmental impact.

Thailand pension fund to integrate ESG criteria into equity investments in 2020

By the first quarter of 2020, GPF targets to use an ESG lens for all of our investments in the Thai market across equity classes including real estate, private equity and infrastructure,” he says in a statement on November 1.

OCBC is now coal-free: Singapore bank drops out of final coal project

The bank’s move away from the 1,200-megawatt Vung Ang 2 coal plant in Vietnam has been praised by environmentalists, who say that unlike rivals that have claimed to stop funding the single biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions

ESG bucks trend of declining growth among world’s largest asset managers

ESG assets rise by 23.3% while overall AUM falls 3% in 2018, according to Global 500 research

China’s investors give more weight to ESG funds

While not top of the list of key qualities, the interest in ESG was far higher than expected.

ESG bucks the trend of declining growth among world’s largest asset managers

Sustainability and the importance of culture in the effective practice of investment organisations were key areas of interest in 2018.

Hong Kong to phase out fossil fuel cars and go all electric over next 20 years, says environment chief

The government’s plan is expected to cover 60,000 car spaces across the city.

Stopping Global Warming Will Cost $50 Trillion: Morgan Stanley Report

Carbon capture and storage, which Morgan Stanley says is the only viable option for reducing emissions from coal-fired plants

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