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Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... "Unlike a garment factory in Bangladesh, which you can enter, it is very hard to get access to the fishing industry in Thailand... it is still high risk." The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was that migrant workers, who have always been vulnerable to ...

Varying levels of progress on modern slavery: IAST APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... by having Walk Free on board, they have been able to access NGO and grassroots activists in countries including India, Thailand and Indonesia. The second workstream was daround company engagement, which included a framework structure based around three ...

Australia vulnerable but resilient on climate risk: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... climate risk." Australia is highly exposed from a climate risk exposure perspective, similarly to other countries including Thailand, Duncan noted. However, FM Global deems Australia as being resilient to managing their climate risks, Duncan said, which ...

New Forests Asia fund reaches $120 million first close

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... 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 of New Forests focuses on deriving ...

ASX300 action on modern slavery "lagging"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... workers, corruption." Bartram said the report establishes that several ASX300 companies have operations in companies such as Thailand, India, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which have reported incidents of forced labour and child ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Superannuation and Financial 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 ...

Thai regulator becomes TCFD suppporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has become a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). By becoming an official supporter of the voluntary climate risk disclosure framework, the SEC will aim to "raise ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... physical risks to Asia include "severe vulnerability to sea level rise," in major cities and parts of China, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Bangladesh. There is also the risk of increased typhoons and extreme precipitation leading to floods present ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 2019, with 55% of total issuance, up from ...

Singapore-based Vena Energy issues US$325 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... solar, wind and battery energy storage systems in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.