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New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... New Forests has invested in a 70,000-hectare block of peat swamp forest in Thailand as the first investment in its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2). New Forest's investment in the Kuan Kreng Landscape (KKL) in Thailand holds the country's ...

Climate-committed investor group grows to $35tr AUM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... become the hard yards of implementation, and actions need to accelerate. "IGCC is also the parent entity of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change, and our teams share resources, techniques, and knowledge. "Despite the vastly different contexts between ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... yet happened in Australia. There is a big uplift in the number of strikes," said Paul Murphy, Georgeson's head of ESG for Asia Pacific. "There's an element of cumulative effect - there are a lot of investors that operate on based on guidelines on remuneration ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... social cohesion and societal polarisation, widespread cybercrime and insecurity, and large-scale involuntary migration. The Asia-Pacific region is highlighted as key to the effective functioning of the global financial and economic system. AI and cybersecurity ...

COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Chris Bowen stated that "Australia is finally being taken seriously as a constructive international trading partner and investor determined to take meaningful action on climate change. "Signing up to the CETP demonstrates Australia's ambitions to play ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... structure will include junior equity and senior debt. GAIA will target 25 emerging market countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia with a focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The focus will be 70% climate ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... elements that can "support and reinforce corporate engagement and investment in the SDG 2030 targets, particularly in the Asia-Pacific." "If you look at our sustainable finance strategy - which I think is really good and I am not criticizing it -a lot ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Arup has become the first engineering consultancy in the Asia Pacific to be awarded the Approved Verifier status for green bonds by the Climate Bonds Standard Board. The Climate Bonds Initiative scheme is a global framework used by borrowers, issuers ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... based on Asian companies dedicated to reducing carbon emissions. With climate transition increasing in urgency across the Asia region, countries face growing climate risks - but also substantial investment opportunities. The transition toward renewable ...

New net zero standard for miners

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... comprehensive frameworks in order to drive the urgent and significant investment required to meet this demand. Asia Investor Group on Climate Change CEO Rebecca Mikula-Wright commented: "The world's leading miners are already shifting their businesses ...
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