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Singapore mandates TCFD disclosures from 2023
16 December 2021The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will make disclosures based on recommendations of the TCFD
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Indonesian paper firm expansion 'litmus test' for 'net-zero' banks
14 December 2021The substantial financing being sought by two Indonesian paper and pulp firms to support their expansion plans has been described by environmental groups as a "litmus test"...
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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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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.