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Asia
Latest news and expert analysis on ESG investment topics for the Asia region.
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Morningstar Sustainalytics hires from MSCI for ESG team
Filling role of head of Asia Pacific ESG alliances and redistribution
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How Nordea engages high emitters
Examples of interactions with Ashland, Hawaiian Electric Industries and Xcel Energy
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Investors lack awareness of extraction project risks
RepRisk finds correlation between proximity of projects to environmental sites and an increase in risk incidents
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Fund in focus: Schroders takes qualitative approach in Asia
Morningstar takes a deep dive into the firm’s Global Sustainability Growth fund
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ClientEarth and AIGCC launch greenwashing guide
Scrutiny of greenwashing in Asia is accelerating with several regulators flagging it as a serious issue
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Impax Asset Management hires head of Japan
Yasumitsu (Yasu) Iwasa joins from Fullerton Fund Management
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Sustainable funds see further outflows in Q1
Fund launches also slow but assets gain ground
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Hong Kong’s progress on gender diversity shows quotas can work
Stricter disclosure rules and investor engagement also have a part to play
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Singapore and Hong Kong to become Asia’s centres of sustainable finance
Moody’s report also finds Asia economies more vulnerable to carbon transition risk
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Japan’s corporate governance push to cause ‘a lot of action’ this AGM season
Stricter voting guidelines ‘may result in board shuffles as shareholders hold directors to account’
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AIGCC launches China working group to accelerate sustainable investment
Looking to increase investors’ engagement with decarbonisation policies