12/06/2020
Legal & General to halve emissions of £81bn pension portfolio by 2030
Legal & General's Retirement arm has pledged to halve the carbon emission intensity of its annuity book, which totals almost £81bn, within a decade.
Planet SOS
12/04/2020
How to integrate ESG in investment advisory
As a wealth manager, you can derive new business opportunities from ESG by proposing reallocations, triggered by ESG criteria.
12/04/2020
Lombard Odier snubs third-party ESG ratings
The firm prefers companies that are currently emitting a lot of carbon, but have taken a policy to reduce those emissions going forward.
12/04/2020
Mercer launches tool for investors to build portfolios to meet Paris climate target
The firm says the new solution is being offered to its investment consulting clients worldwide
12/04/2020
Commentary: We can no longer ignore the health risks of climate change in Asia
Asia is particularly vulnerable due to its increased exposure to the effects of climate change, says an observer.
12/04/2020
What will Asia be like in 10 years, if banks avoid green finance?
A new report from Fair Finance Asia points to a bleak future for the region if banks do not embrace sustainable finance.
12/03/2020
Hong Kong’s ADM Capital gets US$100 million from AIIB for Asia energy debt fund
The firm is “excited to be partnering with the AIIB, mobilising capital for the region’s entrepreneurs in their bid to deliver modern and essential renewable energy solutions in the region”, he says in the statement.
12/03/2020
Hong Kong bourse unveils sustainable investment product platform
The platform will allow issuers to provide investors with more information on their sustainable products, promoting transparency and facilitating access to these investments, the exchange says in a statement on December 1.
12/02/2020
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2020
Country performance is commonly expressed in GDP – but GDP numbers fail to reflect the underlying elements that shape the development of a country.
12/02/2020
TRENDE selected to join 11 leading edge companies focused on solving the world's greatest challenges at Unreasonable Impact Asia Pacific 2020
Barclays and Unreasonable Group continue commitment to scaling up entrepreneurial solutions helping employ thousands globally while solving some of the world's most pressing environmental and societal challenges
12/02/2020
Climate change-focused fund introduced
The market failure to price in the consequences of climate change presents investors with risks and opportunities
12/01/2020
Climate change - The low-carbon transition
These policy shifts will drive major changes in business across entire value chains from product design to production, distribution and recycling.
11/30/2020
Hong Kong SFC aims for mandatory climate risk rules for asset managers
Global sustainable finance developing with increasing risk of regulatory fragmentation
11/27/2020
Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%
Since then, the fund's Australian and global equities exposures have carbon emissions 40% below that of the baseline of 31 December 2019.
11/26/2020
Top Asia Bank UOB Announces Sustainable Smart City Financing
Per their projections, Asia is expected to host 30 megacities (a large city with a population exceeding 10 million people) by 2030.
11/26/2020
Report on “The Green Bond Market in Hong Kong: Developing a Robust Ecosystem for Sustainable Growth”
This report illustrates the state of the green bond markets in Hong Kong and globally
11/26/2020
ESG credit risks more prevalent in EM
Most emerging market public-sector ESG citations made by Moody's were for debt issuers in Mexico, followed by China and Brazil.
11/25/2020
The pandemic is only a prelude to a looming climate crisis
Despite long-standing and plentiful warnings from scientists about the risks of a pandemic, the world was woefully unprepared for this crisis.
11/24/2020
Indonesia turns focus to energy security and renewables amid pandemic
Govt. aims to use of opportunity presented by COVID-19 outbreak to make transition
11/24/2020
JPX Launches ‘Knowledge Hub’ to Promote ESG Investment, Disclosure
Investors and other parties who provide information to the Hub or support ESG disclosure are encouraged to become “ESG Knowledge Hub Supporters“.