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    China’s ESG Ratings Tarnish Its Allure for Sustainable Investors

    2020-11-29 

    Financial TimesWorld’s second-largest economy has the worst ESG ratings of any major market. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.] 

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    Future of Socially Responsible Investing in SE Asia

    2020-11-11

    Asia Times: As the EU has already done, the ASEAN region can and must set a high bar to attract, retain and deploy ESG investment.

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    Asia’s Biggest Market for ESG Debt Hit By ‘Greenwashing’ Concerns

    2020-08-16

    Financial Times: Asia’s fastest-growing market for debt billed as “socially responsible” has drawn criticism after data showed the vast majority of this funding has been raised for jobs and housing rather than the environment. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]

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    How an AGM Defeat on Climate Signals the Rise of ESG in Japan

    2020-07-23

    Financial Times: In late June, a climate-related proposal set before the annual general shareholders’ meeting of Mizuho Financial Group was soundly rejected after receiving a little over a third of the votes cast. Yet defeats, say sustainability experts, have rarely been so revolutionary. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]

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    Greater Disclosure to Open Doors for China Green Investors

    2020-06-05

    Financial Times: When East Capital invests in a Chinese company, the asset manager runs through a checklist of 60 questions designed to gauge the target’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials.

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    Japan’s All-Male Boards Face Gender Reckoning

    2020-06-02

    Financial Times: The all-male boards of hundreds of Japanese companies face a mass shaming this month as investors prepare to vote against the leadership of companies that do not have any female directors. [Full  article available to Financial Times subscribers]

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    BlackRock Warns Korean Utility on Overseas Coal Plant Push

    2020-05-28

    Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. has challenged Korea Electric Power Corp. over plans to invest in new coal-fired power plants in Vietnam and Indonesia.

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    Rising Generation Ventures Into Sustainable Projects

    2020-05-10

    Financial Times: Annie Chen is feeling optimistic. For some time now, Asian investors’ interest in sustainable ventures has “definitely accelerated”, says the Hong Kong-based advocate of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. A decade ago, few of the backers that she was trying to persuade were enthusiastic. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers]

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    Covid-19 Crisis Could Turn Into The ESG Era

    2020-04-20

    The Asset: Like a metal door closing shut, the global virus pandemic has silenced the steady hum of commerce. Lockdowns have halted businesses and schools, disrupted supply chains, closed airports and stopped air travel. As streets from Manila to Mumbai turned eerily empty in what would have been congested daily traffic, photos shared on social media instead were of picture-perfect magnificent blue skies of city views never seen for some time.

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    ESG And Alpha: ESG Integration in China

    2020-04-08

    Top 1000 Funds: The integration of ESG issues into investment practice and decision making is an increasingly standard part of the regulatory and legal requirements for institutional investors around the world. In China, two key drivers have recently prompted interest in responsible investment: a government effort to promote green finance, and the increasing globalisation of China’s investment market.

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