Asia Pacific

  • GPIF sustainability policy an 'important signal' for Asia-Pacific transition

    16 April 2025

    The creation of a formal sustainable investment policy by Japan's $1.8 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) sets an important signal for shareholder advocacy in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC).

  • ABC Impact closes second fund at $600m

    15 April 2025
  • Patrizia invests $350m in Asian sustainable cooling infrastructure business

    15 April 2025
  • New Agriculture launches agricultural landscapes strategy

    14 April 2025

    New Agriculture has launched a new nature-based strategy for institutional investors, which will target improvements to agricultural landscapes across Australia and New Zealand.

  • Schroders sets path for Apple to address Scope 3 emissions with new fund

    11 April 2025

    Schroders is helping Apple offset its Scope 3 emissions for a second time, Environmental Finance has learned, after it committed $100 million to a new China renewable energy strategy.

  • Climate adaptation investment hampered by 'fragmented' solutions

    10 April 2025

    Investment in climate adaptation and resilience projects is being held back by a tendency towards focusing on "fragmented or incremental" solutions rather than system-wide plans - even in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

  • Commercial Bank of Ceylon plans LKR15bn green bond 'Tier 2' debut

    09 April 2025

    The Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank) is planning to raise up to LKR15 billion ($50 million) from its inaugural green bond, believed to be only the third sustainable bond issuance in the country and the first issued as a 'Tier 2' bond.

  • China raises CNY6bn from 'milestone' debut sovereign green bond

    04 April 2025

    China has raised CNY6 billion ($824 million) from a dual-tranche sovereign green bond, described as a "milestone" deal that could encourage other Chinese issuers to enter the market.

  • 'Innovative' Cambodian green project bond issued

    01 April 2025

    A Cambodian renewable energy developer has signed a KHR200 billion ($50 million) green project bond, in a deal hailed as a "significant milestone" for sustainable bonds...

  • Indian muni issuers still 'missing green bond potential'

    28 March 2025

    Indian municipal issuers are still missing the opportunity to issue green bonds with only a "small" proportion of the debt raised for potentially green-eligible projects being labelled as such,...

  • TPG Rise Climate starts deploying €2.5bn Global South strategy

    27 March 2025
  • Pentagreen, BII sign $80m to SE Asia renewables

    26 March 2025
  • Australia makes investment to help kickstart nature credit market

    25 March 2025

    The Australian government has announced plans to invest AUD250 million ($157.9 million) over the next five years in nature conservation and recovery, which will help "kickstart" its new nature credit market.

  • Clime Capital leads Series A for Vietnamese solar business

    24 March 2025
  • Actis acquires Indian portfolio from Macquarie

    24 March 2025