Asia Pacific

CBAM is focusing Asian companies on carbon, says SeaTown

Exporters in the Asia-Pacific region will have to exceed emissions standards or be best-in-class if they want to remain part of supply chains ahead of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), according to Singaporean investor SeaTown.

Cleantech Solar secures $70m green loan for APAC developments

Latest Japan transition bond four-times oversubscribed

Climate Fund Managers to co-manage $118m Malaysian blended infra fund

Singapore to release finalise transition credit work

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that it will publish its final transition credit report by COP30 in November.

GPIF 'monitoring' stewardship of managers who exited CA100+

The world's largest pension fund said it is "concerned about" widespread departures of asset managers from collaborative engagement initiatives including Climate Action 100+ as it looks to step up its monitoring of stewardship activities of its other managers.

BlueOrchard launches listed debt strategy with Japanese insurance funding

Japan readying auctions of $8.2bn in transition bonds

Ikeda departs Japan Financial Services Agency

Japanese ISSB standards will tackle long-standing issues with reporting timeline, L&G says

Circulate backs two Indonesian plastic recyclers

'Pure-play taskforce' launched for green, social loan market

Influential loan market trade associations have convened a 'pure-play taskforce' to develop guidance on how 'green'- and 'social'-focused companies can access the existing labelled sustainable loan market.

Australian Taxonomy-linked sustainable bond guidance expected by early 2026

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) expects to publish dedicated guidance for using the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy in labelled sustainable bond transactions by early 2026 at the latest.

ResponsAbility backs clean tech KIS Group with $23m

Japan's planned ETS has spurred carbon credit price rise, says government agency

High-emitting companies who are set to be in scope of Japan's national emissions trading system (ETS) from next year have already begun buying carbon credits and driven price rises, according to the head of Japan's Green Transformation (GX) Acceleration Agency.

Japan hoping asset owners loosen mandates to invest in transition debt

International investors have not bought Japan's world first sovereign transition bonds at the rate the country hoped - partly because of restrictive mandates from asset owners, according to the head of Japan's Green Transformation (GX) Acceleration Agency.