With the devastating effects of climate change already bearing down on the world’s urban areas, ambitious decarbonization and adaptation promises from municipal leaders could not come soon enough. But making good on these commitments requires scaling up the tools for collecting and analyzing the right information

Urgent next step to ramp up role of private sector in contributing to solutions for fulfilling goals

China dominates the ESG-labelled debt market as issuances surge. The Asset announces the winners of The Asset Triple A Sustainable Capital Markets Awards 2021.

Issuance of sustainable financing in Asia continues at a rapid pace in January as both issuers and investors further strengthen their ESG commitments, fuelling a robust deal flow in the US dollar bond market.

Taiwan’s alignment with international sustainability norms make it attractive debt capital raising venue

Signatories to the Paris climate agreement must revisit and strengthen the pledges they made in COP26 for the world to reach the target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Asia-Pacific insurance gap high compared with rest of world, greater insurance density a plus

Preserving biodiversity is a key part of the global climate agenda, but organizations that work in this domain often lack funding and institutional support. Structural change is required to provide these groups the stability and authority they need to prevent more damage to crucial natural systems

While ESG investing has yet to become mainstream in China, the country’s green initiatives, especially its pledge to reach carbon emissions peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, have helped the concept to gain traction. Excluding money market funds, total ESG mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) saw AUM more than triple in 2020 to reach US$28.5 billion, while net inflows reached US$10.5 billion.

Skills shortage in risk management, quantitative and qualitative analysis, baseline technical knowledge across all business functions

By significantly shortening the life of Asia’s coal-fired power plants, the new Energy Transition Mechanism will unlock new investment in sustainable and renewable sources of power. This model will help to solve the region’s climate challenges, and can potentially be scaled and exported around the world

Qontigo, a provider of innovative risk, analytics, and index solutions, has teamed up with RepRisk, a pioneer in environmental, social and governance (ESG) data science. The partnership will enable Qontigo to gain access to RepRisk’s ESG risk data via Axioma portfolio analytics and risk models, and build indices under its STOXX family of brands.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are becoming increasingly important for wealthy families in Asia, and they are looking into new technologies to ensure that their investments and business practices generate positive impact on society and the environment.

GSS bond proceeds must aid development of domestic market, meet international best practices