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Nippon Life's nature finance framework a 'small but bold step' (ESG Data conference)
14 October 2025Japanese insurer Nippon Life said the metrics proposed in its nature finance framework are an iterative "baby step," but represent a "small but bold" attempt to move the market forward.
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Asia and Europe are 'really complementary' on nature data (ESG Data conference)
13 October 2025Asian and European markets have different strengths around nature-related data approaches which offer a "really good complement" to one another if investors and asset owners can provide a bridge between them.
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Video: Nippon Life's Ayako Kageyama on innovative finance for nature and climate
21 July 2025Ayako Kageyama, Head, Innovative Sustainable Finance, Responsible Investment at Nippon Life Insurance Company talks about the key areas that can deliver co-benefits across climate and nature.
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Nippon Life to test impact investing waters with TPG investment
14 July 2020Nippon Life intends to invest this month in TPG's Rise Fund, as part of a plan to eventually invest JPY30 billion ($280 million), through its own strategy, into companies targeting a measurable positive social or environmental impact alongside financial returns.
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Nippon Life backs TCFD and invests in offshore wind
18 December 2018Nippon Life Insurance Company – Japan’s largest life insurer – has committed to report in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial disclosures (TCFD).
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Three groups dominate Japanese fossil fuel finance, report says
11 September 2018Three financial institutions have been the driving motor powering Japan's fossil fuel industry, according to a study by Dutch research company Profundo.
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Japan's Sparx attracts ¥47bn for renewables fund
30 July 2018Japanese fund manager Sparx Asset Trust & Management, which oversees some ¥1,122 trillion ($10 billion), has announced the final close of its renewable energy brownfield fund, 'Sparx Renewable Energy Brown Fund No. 1'.
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Japan life insurer in landmark move to end new coal financing
09 May 2018Japan’s Dai-ichi Life Insurance has said it will end new project financing for overseas coal power plants, in a landmark decision among Japanese financial institutions.
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France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year
25 January 2017The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.
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Goldman Sachs sets $1bn target for securitised Japanese renewables bonds
27 May 2015Goldman Sachs has established a "first of its kind" facility that aims to issue $1 billion of securitised Japanese renewable energy bonds.