Green Dream with AVI’s Bauernfreund: Japan is ensuring higher governance standards
Global Trust and Japan Opportunity Trust manager says investors are more willing to engage company management
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Toyota survives shareholder revolt over governance concerns
Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda survived a shareholder revolt due to concerns about his independence
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Sanpo Yoshi: Japan has long done ESG by a different name
By using the 400-year-old concept, Japanese companies have developed practices ESG-conscious investors would be proud of
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GFANZ opens Japan chapter ahead of G7
Supporting financial institutions in the country to decarbonise
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Impax Asset Management hires head of Japan
Yasumitsu (Yasu) Iwasa joins from Fullerton Fund Management
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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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MSCI ESG downgrades means onus on firms to ‘control evaluation’
Methodology changes will see ratings of almost two-thirds of European ETFs lowered or removed
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MSCI ESG downgrades puts onus on firms to ‘take control of evaluation’
Methodology changes will see ratings of almost two-thirds of European ETFs lowered or removed
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Gender pay gap closed at less than 1% of global companies
78% of companies do not publish information on pay differences
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Impax Asset Management opens Tokyo office
Targeting interest in sustainable investing in Japan
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Competitor collaboration puts Japan ahead on environment
Japanese businesses walk the walk on the ‘E’ of ESG a lot better than they talk the talk
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Global sustainable flows bounce back in Q4 but mixed bag for Asia
Assets in global sustainable funds hit nearly $2.5trn at end of 2022