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New $400 Million Japan Low Carbon Hydrogen Development Fund Backed by Toyota, SMBC, TotalEnergies, Others

ESG Today

The new fund is launching with $400 million in commitments at its first close, with initial investors including Toyota Motor Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Tokyo Century Corporation, Japan Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality, and the Bank of Fukuoka.

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Green taxonomy proposal may overcome Canada's climate finance impasse

Corporate Knights

The SFAC compiled the report after it assumed responsibility for creating a green taxonomy after the Canadian Standards Association, a non-profit industry body, failed to reach consensus among fossil-fuel and investment-industry representatives in 2020.

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Take Five: Green Means Green

Chris Hall

It had previously been possible to launch an EU environmental opportunities fund, claiming Article 8 classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) , while allocating as little as 10% of assets to demonstrably green investments.

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Momentum Building on the Path to 2050

Chris Hall

Tim Day, Investment Fund Manager at Trina Solar, explains the importance of Europe’s sustainable investment community in the growth of solar power. EU regulation goes hand in hand with a decade-long trend of increased focus on green investment in the EU.

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Take Five: Into the Stratosphere

Chris Hall

With ESMA flagging a tripling in the size of the SDG fund market between 2020 and 2023, impact-washing is also in their sights. billion) green investment pledge. Regulators are already pushing back against the risk of greenwashing with a range of fund disclosure , naming and labelling rules.

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U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

Corporate Knights

Sustainable investing assets in the United States have plunged by more than half to US$8.4 trillion at the end of 2019, according to a new report from the US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF). Sustainable investing assets skyrocket post 2014. trillion in 2020 from US$6.6

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Greenwashing Risk Grows in China ESG Funds

Chris Hall

In 2018, the Asset Management Association of China, a self-regulatory body set up by the sector, released Green Investment Guidelines for trial implementation. The guidelines define the concept of green investment, and set out basic objectives, principles, and methods of supervision.