Asia Pacific

  • 'Unprecedented': Woodside Energy climate plan rejected by investors

    24 April 2024

    Australian oil and gas firm Woodside Energy had its climate transition plan rejected by a majority of shareholders at its annual general meeting (AGM), with investor groups arguing this record-breaking opposition showed its plans remained "insufficient".

  • AUD80trn investors back 'essential' Australian climate reporting bill

    23 April 2024
  • BlueOrchard bags BII and NDF for second emerging markets fund

    16 April 2024
  • SUSI Partners reopens Asia Transition Fund with Philippines investment

    09 April 2024
  • SSBJ issues draft sustainability disclosure standards

    09 April 2024

    The Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) has issued three exposure draft disclosure standards it said are aligned with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) IFRS standards.

  • India targets 'wider' foreign investor participation in sovereign green bonds

    08 April 2024
  • 2024 Sustainable Debt Awards winners revealed

    08 April 2024

    The winners have been announced for the 2024 Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards, formerly known as the Environmental Finance Bond Awards.

  • Australian regulator asks financial institutions for nature risk information

    03 April 2024
  • Japanese GFANZ members 'intend to grow transition financing'

    02 April 2024

    Japanese financial institutions said they will grow their allocation to 'transition financing' and explore ways to ramp up a planned phase-out of coal power generation, in a joint statement by signatories to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

  • ASEAN Taxonomy extended to transport, construction and real estate

    27 March 2024

    An update to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance has seen the ground-breaking 'green' list extended to cover the transport and construction and real estate sectors.

  • NBIM praises Malaysia for 'full adoption' of ISSB standards

    26 March 2024
  • Concept of avoided emissions gains ground in Asia-Pacific

    13 March 2024

    Corporates and financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly calculating the 'avoided emissions' associated with their products and services, a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance heard.

  • Dai-ichi Life makes two impact investments in medical sector

    11 March 2024
  • Australian disclosure standards' divergence from ISSB risks fragmentation, NBIM says

    05 March 2024

    The divergence of proposed Australian climate disclosure standards from International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards risks undermining comparability of sustainability reports, according to Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).

  • Singapore to require climate disclosures by private companies

    04 March 2024