Sustainable Investor
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Asia-Pacific
HK SFC Targets Adoption of Global ESG Standards
SFC currently evaluating ESG disclosures “much more closely” and looking for more ways to reduce opportunities for greenwashing.
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3.3KAsia-PacificSteering Aquaculture to Calmer Waters
New investment in shrimp farming highlights the challenges and opportunities of place-based investing in the opaque world of aquaculture.
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Cop26
‘Cows the New Coal’ as Firms Fail to Track Methane
FAIRR Protein Index reveals huge gaps in efforts by the world’s major food producers to combat emissions and waste products.
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4.5KFeaturesInvestors Fight Back Against Tax Avoidance
While not illegal, aggressive tax planning by corporates threatens to undermine responsible investing.
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EMEA
SFDR Level 2 Delayed Yet Again
Complexity of combining SFDR and Taxonomy-specific RTSs pushes implementation date back to 2023.
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Industry
CDP Framework for SMEs Aims to Ensure Net Zero Trajectory
To comply with incoming regulations and requests from larger customers, SMEs need more tools and guidance.
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News
EU Due Diligence Initiative Back in Focus After Delays
Much-postponed proposal now expected in December, following the unveiling of EU deforestation supply chain due diligence measures.
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Asia-Pacific
Japan FSA Calls for Sharper Focus on ‘Transition’ Concept
FSA’s Satoshi Ikeda says corporate disclosures need to capture genuine progressive efforts towards achieving carbon net zero, not just point-in-time snapshots. Good...
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Cop26
Blended Solutions can Fill US$1 Trillion Climate Finance Gap – NZAOA
Scalability critical to flow of private finance to less developed countries to support energy transition, following lack of progress at COP26.
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Cop26 Commentary
ICYMI, The Talking is Over
Ready? Willing? Able? Asset owners have their work cut out aligning portfolios to COP26’s new realities
