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Green Finance
Increasing shareholder activism is expected to play a crucial role in sustainable investing in 2023 as investors and asset managers become more resolute in pushing corporate and financial institutions to achieve sustainability targets, according to Federica Calvetti, head of ESG and strategic activism at Eurizon, the asset management unit of Italy’s largest financial group Intessa Sanpaolo.
30 Jan 2023
The Asean+3 outstanding sustainable bond market topped US$598 billion in 2022, crossing the halfway mark to US$1 trillion for the first time, data from AsianBondsOnline (ABO) indicate. This represents a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 34%, slower than the 57.1% growth posted in 2021 as activity was impacted by tightening financial conditions. Compared with 2016, it represents a five-fold increase.
27 Jan 2023
Global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totalled US$1.1 trillion in 2022 – a new record and a huge acceleration from the year before – as the energy crisis and policy action drove faster deployment of clean energy technologies, according to a new report. In another first, investment in low-carbon technologies appears to have reached parity with capital deployed in support of fossil fuel supply, research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF) says in its Energy Transition Investment Trends report.
27 Jan 2023
There is growing evidence that global warming, particularly through its effect on agriculture, may create inflationary pressures, and that the physical and transition risks created by climate change could jeopardize financial stability. So, why is there no consensus among central bankers on how monetary policy should respond?
23 Jan 2023
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a US$15 million loan facility with PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk (DSNG) to help the company expand sustainable wood processing, rural livelihood development, and climate-resilient agroforestry in Java, Indonesia.
27 Jan 2023
Standard Chartered has appointed John Murton as senior sustainability adviser within its chief sustainability officer (CSO) team.
9 Jan 2023
Strong sustainability focus as issuers take advantage of falling yields during past couple of months
5 Jan 2023
A growing number of institutional investors and family offices are seeing the value of forestry as an asset class that offers stable returns and an effective vehicle to achieve sustainability goals
28 Dec 2022
As central banks tighten monetary policy, dozens of climate-vulnerable, highly-indebted countries teeter on the edge of a financial abyss. To address the confluence of economic and environmental disasters ravaging the Global South, the international community must provide immediate debt relief in exchange for green investments
18 Dec 2022
Engagements provide financing to address urgent food, energy, climate security issues
16 Dec 2022
Strategies aim deliver long-term financial returns alongside improved environmental outcomes
14 Dec 2022
Indonesia’s JETP possible model for participation by private sector, asset managers in Asia financial hubs
12 Dec 2022
The world will not avoid dangerous levels of climate change without a significant increase in investment in developing countries, and much of that will need to come from the private sector and external sources. Fortunately, all countries stand to benefit from a rapid acceleration of the transition to carbon neutrality
10 Dec 2022
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