People moves 24 June: ISSB, CDP, ACRA, SGX and more...

Asia Pacific,Natural Capital,People

ESG industry 'has become a bit lazy'

Providing environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and investment products is "a contact sport,…

Asia Pacific,ESG,IMPACT

Investors 'should look past' easy environmental assessments

Investors should more often look past 'easy' assessments of environmental issues to tackle more material…

Asia Pacific,ESG Data

Asia 'will need guardrails' against rising greenwashing risk

Asian countries will increasingly require regulatory "guardrails" to ensure fund managers understand…

Asia Pacific,Policy

'The next blue bond will be in Asia', says Nuveen

Asia Pacific,Debt,Green Bonds,Investment

Invest 'early & actively' for greater impact in Asia

Impact investing in south-east Asia suffers constraints caused by overseas investors, who are too remotely-based…

Asia Pacific,IMPACT

Regulator: 'Let's focus more on emissions data, rather than taxonomies'

Focusing on emissions data is a more straightforward way to assess transition strategies, rather than…

Asia Pacific,ESG Data,Policy

Hong Kong regulator assessing ISSB preparedness

Asia Pacific,Policy

Failure to hit net-zero target 'not necessarily greenwashing', says regulator

Failure by a bank to meet a carbon reduction target would not necessarily constitute greenwashing, an…

Asia Pacific,ESG,Policy

Temasek investing 'catalytic capital' into the transition

Temasek is looking to invest 'catalytic capital' in climate-aligned and carbon negative technology opportunities…

Asia Pacific,ESG,Investment

ACRA and SGX launch sustainability reporting committee

Asia Pacific,People,Policy

CIMB signs 'landmark' shariah-compliant repo alternative

Asia Pacific,Investment

$69bn investment needed in Australian heavy industry net zero drive

Asia Pacific,Carbon,Investment

Asia poses unique challenges for CA100+

The Climate Action 100+'s benchmark for progress does not work well in Asia, investors tell Genevieve Redgrave

Asia Pacific,Investment

NBIM: 'Unacceptable' risk of Supermax human rights violations

Asia Pacific,Investment

Franklin Templeton launches Paris-aligned China ETF

Asia Pacific,Investment

Australian regulator launches anti-greenwashing fund guidance

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched guidance for sustainability-related…

Asia Pacific,Investment,Policy

CDP partners with Thailand on TCFD

Asia Pacific,ESG Data

Net-zero real estate firm raises $5m

Asia Pacific,ESG Data

EM sustainable bond issuance bucks global trend in 2022

Emerging market (EM) sustainable bond issuance in the first quarter of 2022 has continued to grow strongly,…

Asia Pacific,Debt,Green Bonds