Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Analysis: Energy assets left high and dry

The South Korean government in April announced its own Green New Deal, including phasing out most coal financing, followed in July by proposals to ban public financing overseas of coal projects.

Morgan Stanley Launches Sustainable Solutions Accelerator to Address Global Sustainability Challenges

In its first year, the Sustainable Solutions Accelerator will select five breakthrough innovations that are tackling major global sustainability challenges.

ANZ first bank to issue SDG bond in Australia

Transaction uses the bank’s SDG bond framework, which links its asset base to certain UN SDGs

Sustainability bonds surge globally

Are we entering into a new phase of ESG-focused fixed income?

Asia’s biggest market for ESG debt hit by ‘greenwashing’ concerns

Analysts call for more regulatory oversight due to dearth of legitimate green projects

Banks responsible for continuing deforestation in Southeast Asia

Forest-risk companies in Southeast Asia tend to rely almost entirely on debt financing. In view of this leverage, banks can be deemed directly accountable for deforestation and related offences committed by their borrowers.

Most asset owners plan to use ESG in smart-beta strategies, FTSE Russell says

According to Jaakko Kooroshy, head of sustainable investment data and methodologies at FTSE Russell, the pandemic has “certainly focused investors on sustainability factors”.

Treasury best practice: Bringing sustainability into supply chain finance

Walmart encourages partners to be more ESG aware

Momentum Builds for ESG Investment Among Global Public Investors, According To OMFIF-BNY Mellon Survey

The findings, also published in OMFIF’s latest Global Public Investor Report

Taiwan’s BLF ties US$2.3 billion ESG bond mandate to Bloomberg index

Manager selection for the new mandate is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

A Changing Global Investment Environment

The latest allocation is 5 percentage points below the bottom of the reference portfolio's 20% to 30% target range for developed market equities.

PBEC, ESBN and KPMG joint report reveals Increased Appetite for Sustainable Investments in Asia

Currently over four-fifths of total global sustainable investing assets are concentrated in Europe and North America, the report notes, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance.

How to build back better: 8 ways sustainable businesses can survive in the post-COVID era

Now is an opportunity for businesses to decouple economic growth from the forces that have led to the pandemic - among them, exploitation of natural resources and climate change.

Can ESG-related investments help Asia get back on track?

More investors drawn into sustainable business models as ESG funds show resilience during Covid-19 crisis

World Federation Of Exchanges releases sixth annual sustainability survey

ESG is a core strategic mandate and principle of the WFE, and this year’s survey mapped exchange activities to the WFE’s Sustainability Principles for the second time.

China’s new green bond catalogue could be greener

A new consultation draft of China’s green bond catalogue removes coal and consolidates standards.

KKR Invest In Leading Australian Environmental Markets Platform Greencollar

KKR has a long history of investing in businesses that promote solutions to critical societal challenges.

BlackRock offers update on dumping coal

Governance remains the ESG issue that BlackRock engages on the most though.

Citi creates new team of bankers for ‘fast growing demand’ in ESG bonds

A memo to staff said Philip Brown, head of Citi's public sector DCM business, will run the new global unit

DBS launches transition financing framework to help 'less than dark-green' industries

Transistion of the dark green industries

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