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'Transition finance itself is transitioning'

The rapidly evolving geopolitical and socioeconomic landscape is forcing transition finance to reinvent itself, but could also provide a tailwind for the investment theme.

Japanese reforms threaten to limit shareholder proposals, ClientEarth warns

Plans to reform Japan's Companies Act threaten to limit the ability of smaller shareholders to file shareholder proposals and harm sustainability-related stewardship, ClientEarth has warned.

Japan maps divergences from ISSB standards ahead of mandatory reporting

Japan's SSBJ updates draft sustainability disclosure standards

Japanese lessons for the transition: what can the world learn?

Japan is leading a difficult conversation on how private finance can facilitate the transition, Michael Hurley writes

Japan views transition bond label as boon for its GX strategy

By Michael Hurley in Tokyo

Make international transition finance work more coherent, Japanese bank urges

A plethora of guidance and frameworks on transition finance complicates efforts to focus private capital to where it is most needed, according to a senior banker at Sumitomo Mitsui.

BoJ analysis shows need to improve link between scenarios and transition plans, banks say

The results of scenario analysis by three Japanese megabanks suggest improvements are needed to better link the assessments with corporate transition plans if they are to be used in a similar way to conventional stress tests, according to the Bank of Japan.

Sustainable debt round-up: Japan, Terna, Iberdrola ... and more

People Moves, 11 July: Clifford Capital, Japan FSA, BNY, Revaia_ ... and more