How should investors assess climate transition risk in their portfolios?
FINANCIAL markets are among the most effective tools we have to fight climate change, and the net-zero transition will require trillions of...
Issue 97: Chipping away at huge adaptation gap; OUE Reit’s highly ambitious new targets
In this issue: A new guide on adaptation and resilience financing hopes to lower the threshold for private investment, while OUE Reit.
Basel Committee adds climate risks to banking supervision standards
THE Basel Committee on Thursday approved an update of its banking supervision guidelines that includes risks from climate changes and the digitalisation...
Temasek-BlackRock joint venture closes inaugural decarbonisation-focused fund at US$1.4 billion
INVESTMENT platform Decarbonization Partners – jointly set up by Singapore state investor Temasek and global asset manager BlackRock – has raised US$1.4...
Time to tell the story: Zegna goes big at Milan Design Week
The Italian luxury menswear label unveils a book about its founder and the under-the-radar story of its century-old societal and environmental commitments
Swedish manufacturer is latest to offer electric pleasure craft in Singapore
SWEDISH electric boat maker Candela is the latest company to offer fully electric pleasure craft and ferries in Singapore, at its Asia-Pacific...
Private credit for real estate boosting green building premium
PREMIUMS are piling on for greener or climate-adapted buildings, as private credit funds swoop in to refinance floundering commercial real estate (CRE).
UK firms told to ‘urgently review’ green claims amid crackdown
FIRMS operating in the UK are being advised to go through any products and services around which some sort of sustainability claim...
Asia hit hardest by climate, weather disasters in 2023: United Nations
ASIA was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday (Apr...
China wants everyone to trade in their old cars, fridges to help save its economy
CHINA’S world-beating electric vehicle (EV) industry, at the heart of growing trade tensions with the US and Europe, is set to receive...