Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The good news is that the region is also home to a growing number of corporate sustainability leadership companies. . Three of four APAC companies responding to the CDP survey say they have identified climate risk as maybe having substantive impact on their business and 60% of these are transition risk. TOP STORIES.

CDP 40

CDP Climate Change Net Zero Manufacturing 40

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

Net Zero 113

Net Zero Divestment Banking Stranded Assets 113

Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. .

Net Zero 40

Net Zero CDP Supply Chains Supply Chain 40

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 2, 2024

” Julie Gorte, Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing at Impax Asset Management, advises asset owners to consider the upsides of this challenging and complex transition. There’s going to be a lot of wailing, moaning and outcry about how much it’s going to cost to find solutions or to phase out plastics,” she says.

Stranded Assets 87

Stranded Assets Supply Chains Supply Chain CDP 87

Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2022

Increasingly, however, we see that loop between the trustee and the manager closing, with the CIO getting a clearer mandate from trustees on their sustainable investment priorities and providing a more granular steer to asset managers on their expectations.”. Deeper ESG insights desired.

Analytics 52

Analytics Impact Investing Climate Change Supply Chains 52

Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Figure 1: Emerging Regulations and Standards on Sustainability and Climate Disclosure and organizations involved (Source Deloitte ). Besides, mandatory sustainability reporting is also progressing rapidly at the country level. Examples are the Swiss art 964 and the German supply chain act. Thank you GRI! Source VBA.

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Carbon Offsets Supply Chains Supply Chain 52

Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

Nature is at the base of every supply chain. For now, business understanding and disclosure of nature risk – both from investee firms’ direct operations and along their supply chains – is patchy at best, with firms in the APAC region lagging global peers. Ecosystem services are absolutely critical to the creation of GDP.

Supply Chains 52

Supply Chains Supply Chain Divestment CDP 52

Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

On the other hand, sustainability and climate change have never been so much in focus. In 2020, more than 9,600 companies disclosed their environmental impacts through the non-profit CDP platform. It represents a growth of 14% from last year and sets a record on the number of CDP environmental disclosures. Conclusions.

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Climate Change CDP Paris Agreement 52

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But growing demand for information on climate risks from domestic investors and the pace of international developments on sustainable investment frameworks mean that US firms should prepare for very similar climate risk reporting requirements to their peers globally. A huge delta”. It’ll get there but it’ll take a while.”.

Sustainable Investment 40

Sustainable Investment Supply Chains Supply Chain CDP 40

Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2022

Management of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies could soon become central to asset owners’ sustainable investment strategies. Although the finite carbon budget offers a compellingly clear focus for climate action, accurate measurement CO2 emissions across supply chains remains elusive.

Paris Agreement 52

Paris Agreement Supply Chains Supply Chain Net Zero 52

Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

“Biodiversity in rural England is clearly not the same as a Brazilian biome, and [companies in each region] have vastly different potential risks and impacts,” notes Aela Cozic, Sustainable Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager at UK-based investment manager Fidelity International.

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Development Analytics Sustainable Investment 52

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

With firms only being “required” to disclose, “it will now be up to individual governments to implement policies that ensure this happens and we hope that this will be through enforcing mandatory disclosure on nature,” said Helen Finlay, Global Associate Director for Policy Engagement at environmental disclosure platform CDP.

Development 52

Development CDP Paris Agreement Green Bonds 52

Chris Hall

JANUARY 17, 2025

This week, EU and US policymakers prepared for big shifts impacting sustainable investment, amid further evidence that climate risk is financial risk. Lobbyists and policymakers are gearing up to put flesh on the bones of the European Commissions plans to streamline the requirements of key sustainable finance policies.

Net Zero 80

Net Zero Supply Chains Supply Chain CDP 80