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Robeco expands transition strategy with new funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... transition finance. Robeco has launched two new funds to advance the sustainable transition, focused on emerging economies in Asia. US$125 trillion is needed to help emerging economies achieve net zero by 2050, the firm estimates. The fund has launched ...

Podcast: First Nations cultural heritage and FPIC with Rachel Perkins and Anirudha (Anu) Nagar

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... and Investment. He comes from a background defending the rights of Indigenous communities in development projects in South Asia, police accountability at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, and prosecution at the International Criminal Court. Listen ...

Morningstar boosts ESG focus with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Cameron has worked for Thomson Reuters and Refinitiv and headed up the sustainable finance and investment sales efforts for Asia Pacific at the London Stock Exchange Group. She was most recently chief commercial officer for Viridios AI, the global carbon ...

SBTi chief Luiz Amaral to step down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... formally committed to the process. Our work has gone global with major growth outside Europe and North America - especially in Asia. "To ensure we can sustain this momentum and improve our governance, we have begun the full separation of standard development ...

First dedicated transition fund for emerging markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Brookfield to ensure alignment investment partners. The capital will be deployed in South and Central America, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. As fund manager, Brookfield Asset Management has been put to work identifying ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... nations for gender parity were: Iceland Finland Norway New Zealand Sweden Nicaragua Germany Namibia Ireland Spain Eastern Asia and Pacific ranked fourth for gender equality with a score of 69.2%. The region's economic participation and opportunity ...

Cromwell restructures lending facility

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Bank. Global financial services firm Societe Generale acted as sustainability coordinator. The loan is aligned with the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association's (APLMA) green loan principles and sustainability-linked loan principles. It is ...

UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global financial services firm UBS has named Jiayun Fang as Southeast Asia social impact and philanthropy lead, group sustainability and impact. Fang has a background in sustainability, social impact, corporate philanthropy, diversity and inclusion ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Geopolitical risks are dictating how family offices in the Asia Pacific invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... sector-based circular economy targets. There is also a new report out from CSIRO on developing circular economy standards for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation region. Canberra is setting up Environment Information Australia to streamline education ...