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  • China carbon market makes 'smooth start,' but must be more robust

    01 April 2022

    The China emissions trading system (ETS) made a "smooth start" in its first compliance period, but enhancements are needed to make it "more robust" in the future.

  • Hong Kong authorities envision 'gateway' to China's voluntary carbon market

    31 March 2022

    Hong Kong's regional financial hub could be extended to make it a 'gateway' for international investors to access mainland China's voluntary carbon market.

  • Arowana Impact Capital invests in plastics recycler

    28 March 2022

    Arowana Impact Capital (AIC), the impact investing arm of asset manager Arowana, has made a cornerstone investment in Green Antz, a convertor of plastic waste to construction materials.

  • CIX joins forces with Carbonplace on carbon trading

    28 March 2022

    Carbonplace and Climate Impact X (CIX) have announced a joint pilot designed to lower barriers to entry in the voluntary carbon credit market.

  • People Moves 25 March: HSBC; Abrdn; ANZ; MSCI & more...

    25 March 2022
  • Asian banks 'falling short' on net zero

    23 March 2022

    Asian banks are 'falling short' in steps to meet global climate goals and failing to align with national decarbonisation policies, new research has warned.

  • Malaysian central bank warns of nature-related risks

    17 March 2022

    Malaysian banks are exposed to sectors which face high nature-related financial risks, the country's central bank has warned.

  • Carbon market platform launched

    16 March 2022

    A voluntary carbon market platform has been launched by Climate Impact X (CIX) to facilitate the listing and selling of international carbon credits.

  • Japanese financial institutions at risk from floods

    15 March 2022

    Increasing floods may put financial institutions in Japan at risk of worsening financial conditions, the Bank of Japan has warned.

  • Microsoft among buyers of blue carbon credits from giant mangrove project

    15 March 2022

    Microsoft and Trafigura are among the buyers of the first three million carbon credits to be generated by the world's largest mangrove restoration project.