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Investors must scrutinise Asian companies' CCS assumptions
14 December 2021Investors have been urged to carefully scrutinise the carbon capture and storage solutions (CCS) projections associated with the net-zero transition plans of Asian companies.
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ThomasLloyd impact trust misses fund target by $190m
10 December 2021The Thomas Lloyd Energy Impact Trust has raised $150 million, but missed its fundraising target of $340 million.
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250 Asia-Pacific ESG funds launched since January
10 December 2021At least 250 ESG funds were launched in the Asia Pacific between January 2020 and Autumn (Q3) 2021, as interest from institutional investors and retail investors has grown rapidly.
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Ontario Teachers' invests in environmental markets platform
10 December 2021Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has invested an undisclosed sum in Australian environmental markets platform GreenCollar.
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Carbon allowances - insurers slowly warm to the net-zero opportunity
09 December 2021The European benchmark price for carbon allowances hit a record high in November, but only one insurer acknowledges investing in them and others seem coy, so far, to deep their toes in, as Vincent Huck finds out.
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Loan round-up: Volkswagen, Triton, Reliance, Stora Enso, Boralex ... and more
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AustralianSuper under climate pressure over Vanguard fund investment
03 December 2021AUD244 billion ($173 billion) pension fund AustralianSuper is facing pressure over the climate risk it is exposed to through the AUD1.4 billion held in Vanguard index funds.
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Japanese financial institutions establish impact initiative
02 December 2021A group of Japanese financial institutions has formed an initiative "to promote high quality impact investment in Japan".
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Japanese TCFD supporters labour to disclose climate resilience
30 November 2021Two-thirds of Japanese supporters of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) have yet to provide climate scenario-based analysis of their resilience, showing the size of the challenge of meeting the recommendations in a country regarded as a TCFD pioneer.
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Tokio Marine plans ¥100bn of divestments
30 November 2021Japanese insurer Tokio Marine will divest at least ¥100 billion ($884 million) of equities, including in fossil fuel firms, by its 2023 reporting year as part of its commitment to sustainability.