The Hong Kong-headquartered insurer sets near-term climate transition targets for its investments, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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The decarbonisation investment platform outlines its key criteria for selecting investments and partnerships.
Carbon finance can incentivise climate action and be especially useful for emerging markets that don't have funds to carry out nature-based restoration or conservation projects, says a GenZero executive.
Pension funds have been actively considering sovereign green bonds issued by the Indian government, according to the CEO of India's HDFC Pension Management Company.
Despite the magnitude of agri-food emissions in Asia, decarbonisation in the sector receives much less consideration and investment than in other sectors, according to a new report co-written by Temasek.
Temasek and HSBC-backed Pentagreen Capital is actively looking at low or zero-carbon infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia and South Asia to implement its remit to finance marginally bankable projects.
The insurer aims for alpha while managing risk via supporting portfolio companies’ enhanced climate efforts, according to its head of ESG.
The investment arm of MTR Corporation makes direct investments in early-to-growth stage companies, has wholly-owned subsidiaries and incubates startups as well.
Singapore's state investor Temasek is ramping up its decarbonisation efforts for sectors in its portfolio with a traditionally larger carbon footprint.
Led by the Japanese pension fund, other regional institutional investors are being encouraged to provide more detailed emissions data for their property assets and map out decarbonisation pathways.
Singapore’s state-owned investment firm says that transition finance is critical to address the financing gap that decarbonisation projects face in emerging economies, especially Asia.
If investors really want change, they'll need to move mandates and communicate their needs more clearly, climate conference panellists say.
