GIC spotlights resilience in climate solutions investment outlook
Latest disclosures show physical risk and energy security shaping strategic priorities
Asia
Exclusive: Taiwan’s Labor Funds chief on the long-term case for climate infrastructure
Having recently appointed five new managers for a $3bn climate infrastructure mandate, Yu-Ching Su, director general of Taiwan’s Bureau of Labor Funds, tells NZI more about the funds’ climate capital playbook
Taiwanese pension funds select managers for $3bn climate infrastructure mandate
Five managers have been allocated total of $600m each from the Labor Pension Fund, Labor Insurance Fund and the National Pension Insurance Fund
‘Energy security means going green’: Temasek says crisis strengthens case for renewables
Temasek executives have linked energy security and the energy transition, predicting that 'a structural shift is underway'
Asia’s asset owners ‘leading by example’ on climate solutions investing
New AIGCC data shows energy storage tops Asia’s climate investment priorities
Hong Kong eyes top spot as Asia’s sustainable investment hub
Its latest green bond issuance comes months after a transition finance taxonomy was launched
Passing the climate baton: how Asia picks up the pace on net zero
New data from SBTi and IRENA show rising net zero targets and renewable energy adoption
Japan weighs changes to shareholder proposal rules
Japanese lawmakers are considering key changes to voting rights, campaigners warn that this could limit institutional investors’ ability to file resolutions
Doubling down: NZAM relaunch backed by 250 managers but largest US firms decline to join
The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative has formally confirmed its relaunch, with British, European and Australasian managers now dominating the network
Climate fiduciaries: part I – the climate prisoner’s dilemma
Do pension funds have a fiduciary duty to make climate-aware investment decisions? Some members are prepared to take the question to court. In this three-part series, NZI investigates the pieces of the climate fiduciary puzzle
China’s institutional investors are embracing the country’s climate solutions opportunity
AIGCC research shows rising awareness of climate materiality among asset managers and asset owners
Banking on nature: new study links nature loss to corporate credit risk
Three Singaporean banks have joined forces with Cambridge University to publish first-of-its-kind report on nature-related risk in lending portfolios