By imposing stricter capital requirements on fossil fuel lending, governments and banking regulators can help to redirect a huge flow of funds to necessary climate-friendly projects. To those who claim that such a step would be too costly, the appropriate response is: “Compared to what?”

Growing enthusiasm over environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues has prompted property developers to pivot towards a more sustainable model. At the same time, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to the adoption of the more flexible work-from-home arrangement, which in turn has fuelled demand among homebuyers for a greener living environment.

By allowing the European Central Bank to intervene directly and deeply in capital markets, the EU's approach to climate change is violating basic principles of sound economic policymaking. Fortunately, its embrace of a once-maligned clean energy source shows that it hasn't abandoned common sense altogether

Skills shortage in risk management, quantitative and qualitative analysis, baseline technical knowledge across all business functions

With the devastating effects of climate change already bearing down on the world’s urban areas, ambitious decarbonization and adaptation promises from municipal leaders could not come soon enough. But making good on these commitments requires scaling up the tools for collecting and analyzing the right information

Urgent next step to ramp up role of private sector in contributing to solutions for fulfilling goals

China dominates the ESG-labelled debt market as issuances surge. The Asset announces the winners of The Asset Triple A Sustainable Capital Markets Awards 2021.

Issuance of sustainable financing in Asia continues at a rapid pace in January as both issuers and investors further strengthen their ESG commitments, fuelling a robust deal flow in the US dollar bond market.

Taiwan’s alignment with international sustainability norms make it attractive debt capital raising venue

Signatories to the Paris climate agreement must revisit and strengthen the pledges they made in COP26 for the world to reach the target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Market outlook positive for 2022, with a clear longer-tenor nature

Deal secures order book of over US$1.1 billion, with Asian investors in majority

Winners of The Asset Triple A Sustainable Capital Markets Awards 2021 demonstrate commitment to sustainability with multiple transactions in 2021.

Cement industry second-biggest emitter behind coal-fired power plants

Focus on investment- and non-investment-grade credit, preferred and convertible securities