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Investors 'should look past' easy environmental assessments
23 June 2022Investors should more often look past 'easy' assessments of environmental issues to tackle more material social and governance concerns, according to data provider BlueOnion.
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Asia 'will need guardrails' against rising greenwashing risk
23 June 2022Asian countries will increasingly require regulatory "guardrails" to ensure fund managers understand the extent to which they can market funds as integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, a regulator in the region has said.
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Invest 'early & actively' for greater impact in Asia
22 June 2022Impact investing in south-east Asia suffers constraints caused by overseas investors, who are too remotely-based or unwilling to provide early-stage development funding, specialists in the field warned.
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Regulator: 'Let's focus more on emissions data, rather than taxonomies'
22 June 2022Focusing on emissions data is a more straightforward way to assess transition strategies, rather than taxonomies, a regulator has suggested.
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Failure to hit net-zero target 'not necessarily greenwashing', says regulator
21 June 2022Failure by a bank to meet a carbon reduction target would not necessarily constitute greenwashing, an influential regulator has claimed.
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Temasek investing 'catalytic capital' into the transition
21 June 2022Temasek is looking to invest 'catalytic capital' in climate-aligned and carbon negative technology opportunities to support the global energy transition, according to a senior executive.
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Australian regulator launches anti-greenwashing fund guidance
14 June 2022The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched guidance for sustainability-related products to combat what it called the "growing risk of greenwashing".
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EM sustainable bond issuance bucks global trend in 2022
10 June 2022Emerging market (EM) sustainable bond issuance in the first quarter of 2022 has continued to grow strongly, according to Moody's Investors Service, in stark contrast to the overall sustainable bond market.
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'Strong rebound' in EM sustainable bond issuance in 2021
10 June 2022Emerging market (EM) sustainable bond issuance reached record highs in 2021 after a "very strong" rebound, whilst the average 'greenium' strengthened over the course of the year.
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GFANZ launches Asia-Pacific network
08 June 2022The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has launched its Asia-Pacific (APAC) network, which includes a regional office in Singapore and an advisory board.