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An Increasing Sense of Urgency

Chris Hall

According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016. Adequate disclosure is critical if the ESG funds are to avoid “being ridiculed as “greenwashing”, it said.

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New Climate Rules and Guidance for UK Pensions

Chris Hall

The DWP issued a consultation last October on proposed changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Climate Change Governance and Reporting) Regulations 2021 to require trustees to calculate and disclose a portfolio alignment metric to show alignment with the goal of limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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Responsible Stewardship: Quality, not Quantity

Chris Hall

Dimson, Karakas & Li (2015) , Barko, Cremers & Renneboog (2021) , and Bauer, Terwall & Tissen (2022) all found positive market reactions to ESG engagements in their samples. & Li (2021) and Ceccarelli et al (2022) show that leadership is decisive in collaborative engagements. Both Dimson, Karaka? &

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Bridging Asia’s ESG Information Gap

Chris Hall

The ESG data market passed US$1 billion in 2021 (with a degree of fanfare) and forecasts suggest it will keep growing at between 20-30% a year. This, coupled with a nascent taxonomy process, makes investors even more than usually vulnerable to greenwashing. . The numbers have ballooned accordingly.

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Keeping Up with the Neighbours 

Chris Hall

Thankfully the finance industry didn’t do that.” ASFI started back in 2021 on a sustainability roadmap for Australia, including a taxonomy and other sustainable-related policy initiatives. “It was a really smart move,” says Reynolds. Australia is forecast to earn US$302 billion from resource and energy exports, reports Energy Monitor.