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  • 'Carbon allowances have merit for impact investors', argues Morningstar

    20 September 2022

    Impact investors can buy carbon allowances, or credits, to help combat climate change, argues Morningstar.

  • Super fund supporting oil and gas expansion will consider divestment

    14 September 2022

    Australian super fund UniSuper has announced that it will consider divestment from oil and gas companies if they show a "lack of action" and "no viable decarbonisation pathway".

  • DBS announces decarbonisation targets

    13 September 2022

    DBS has announced 'science-based' decarbonisation targets for seven sectors, as part of its aim to reach net zero by 2050.

  • Singapore lets firms pay carbon taxes with Gold Standard credits

    30 August 2022

    Singapore-based companies will be allowed to buy Gold Standard carbon credits to meet part of their carbon tax obligations.

  • Carbon exchange suggests ICVCM could create market bottleneck

    23 August 2022

    AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), a Singapore-based exchange for carbon credits, is sceptical of plans to "audit" the quality of credits in the voluntary carbon market, led by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).

  • EU carbon price hits record high

    22 August 2022

    Carbon allowance prices under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) increased by over 10% to a new record high last week, peaking at more than €99 ($99.70).

  • Singapore 'would do well to prepare for CBAM' proliferation, says MAS

    18 August 2022

    Singapore should prepare for the potential impact that would result from the spread of carbon border taxes to other jurisdictions, according to the head of the city state's central bank and financial regulatory authority.

  • Carbon offsets 'hotter than ever' despite growing weather risk concern

    15 August 2022

    Demand for carbon offsets is higher than ever before despite extreme weather ravaging parts of some nature-based projects used to back credits, a specialist has said.

  • Malaysian stock exchange to launch carbon market

    15 August 2022

    Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia's stock exchange, is to launch a voluntary carbon market in late 2022.

  • A delayed transition would spur stagflation, says BNP

    12 August 2022

    A delayed transition would require steep rises in carbon prices, and contribute to stagflation, BNP Paribas has predicted.