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Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Ireland, UK, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique. ISFC will engage and advocate for the forestry sector's role ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... navigate. "If you just take the topic of climate and sustainable finance taxonomies, there are different taxonomies in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, there's also an ASEAN taxonomy. So if you've got a green product that's described ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... developments including 320+ megawatt (MW) SYD3 in Western Sydney, 110+MW TOK2 in Tokyo West, 150+MW JHB1 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and 15+MW HKG2 in Hong Kong. It also opened its 300+MW TOK1 data centre in Tokyo East. Collectively, AirTrunk's APJ data ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... change, with members receiving between 5-13% of total remuneration for participating in the committee. Additionally, Malaysia's Tenaga and Indonesia's PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) have committed to early retirement of some coal plants, with Tenaga ...

High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... workers found their production targets were given precedence over safe working conditions. For some migrant workers in Malaysia, who couldn't return home, restrictions on leaving their accommodation during lockdowns and debt incurred from fees paid to ...

Calls to strengthen Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's Modern Slavery Act is under review for impact and effectiveness, and investors have a role to play in both potentially strengthening the statutory obligations as well as impacting on an issue that is getting worse globally. A panel of experts ...

New Forests Asia fund reaches $120 million first close

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... New Forests notes that TAFF2 is expected to develop a diversified portfolio of sustainable forest plantation assets in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia for end markets such as timber, rubber and carbon. The investment approach ...

Fiji, Australia sign Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme deal at COP26

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... announcements, they're going all in in terms of leveraging into carbon markets hub," Herd said. "You're seeing some movement in Malaysia, China's is up and running, South Korea has a carbon credit scheme. A lot of the puzzle pieces of an APAC carbon ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Services Industry. The reports focus on Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, South Korea, Mainland China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and India. EquitiesFirst provides asset backed financing, and corporate governance considerations figure into the firm's ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... looking at the issuance of green bonds and green loans in Southeast Asia, covering Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Singapore is the regional leader in ASEAN green debt issuance in ...