Japan ‘stands to lose huge value’ unless it acts on corporate governance
Investors groups have been pushing for change
Author: Laura Miller
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Infrastructure investors set to turbocharge energy transition
Between 2019 and 2022, there was a 18.5% jump in infrastructure AUM
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UK businesses’ sustainability spend forecast to grow 13% a year
Deploying technologies needed to meet sustainability goals
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Clarity AI launches SFDR-aligned sustainable investment methodology
Framework for classifying organisations, funds, and indices as sustainable investments
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Global sustainability-focused family office launches
EWPW will target clients in Singapore, across Asia and beyond
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Allspring Global Investments launches climate transition fixed income fund
Uses proprietary climate transition credit research
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Road to COP28: UAE on human rights watchlist, UN’s ‘gates of hell’ warning
UAE is added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist of countries with declining civic freedoms
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AI tool launched to help asset managers evaluate transition plans
WWF tool will also identify whether companies are ‘greenwashing’ investors
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FRC urged not to weaken corporate governance rules
Chartered Governance Institute also argues FRC Stewardship Code ‘lacks effective enforcement’
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‘Even three years ago we couldn’t launch it’: Asset managers explain why now for green bond funds
A surge in issuance, ESG regulatory support and hopes for a release in rising interest rates are fostering a good environment for these products
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Robeco launches Article 9 climate global high yield bond fund
High yield sector traditionally tends to have a higher carbon footprint
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Emissions ‘likely rising’ across Asian carbon-intensive sectors
Barclays analysts noted groups in the region are diverging on coal phase-out plans