Asia Pacific

  • Hong Kong publishes 'reframed' sustainable finance taxonomy

    07 May 2024

    The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published its Hong Kong Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance, a sustainable classification framework for the local market.

  • Actis-backed Nozomi Energy wins two Japanese BESS projects

    07 May 2024
  • Korea publishes ISSB-based draft disclosure standards

    03 May 2024
  • Australian investor body seeks experts for taxonomy project

    30 April 2024
  • BII backs Indian EV charging network with $19m

    30 April 2024
  • 'Unprecedented': Woodside Energy climate plan rejected by investors

    24 April 2024

    Australian oil and gas firm Woodside Energy had its climate transition plan rejected by a majority of shareholders at its annual general meeting (AGM), with investor groups arguing this record-breaking opposition showed its plans remained "insufficient".

  • AUD80trn investors back 'essential' Australian climate reporting bill

    23 April 2024
  • BlueOrchard bags BII and NDF for second emerging markets fund

    16 April 2024
  • SUSI Partners reopens Asia Transition Fund with Philippines investment

    09 April 2024
  • SSBJ issues draft sustainability disclosure standards

    09 April 2024

    The Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) has issued three exposure draft disclosure standards it said are aligned with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) IFRS standards.

  • India targets 'wider' foreign investor participation in sovereign green bonds

    08 April 2024
  • 2024 Sustainable Debt Awards winners revealed

    08 April 2024

    The winners have been announced for the 2024 Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards, formerly known as the Environmental Finance Bond Awards.

  • Australian regulator asks financial institutions for nature risk information

    03 April 2024
  • Japanese GFANZ members 'intend to grow transition financing'

    02 April 2024

    Japanese financial institutions said they will grow their allocation to 'transition financing' and explore ways to ramp up a planned phase-out of coal power generation, in a joint statement by signatories to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

  • ASEAN Taxonomy extended to transport, construction and real estate

    27 March 2024

    An update to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance has seen the ground-breaking 'green' list extended to cover the transport and construction and real estate sectors.