Research / #financing
Carbon & Climate
S&P Global CSO roundtable: Insights report
Nature and biodiversity risk has been rising up the agenda for sustainability executives since a landmark agreement was reached at COP15 to protect 30 per cent of the Earth’s land …
Filipinos consumed 2.15 million tonnes of plastic in 2019. Of this, only around 9 per cent were recycled, with 33 per cent being sent to sanitary landfills and open dumpsites. …
Policy & Finance
ChatGPT on financial reporting
Generative AI’s incredible speed of sinking into our everyday lives came in like a tsunami. At a record-breaking, tech-pandemic’ish growth rate, OpenAI’s ChatGPT registered users reached 1 million within 5 …
Global sustainability assets saw a bumper year in 2021, up US$1 trillion to reach a total of US$2.74 trillion. While Europe still dominates the sustainable investment space with 80% of …
Policy & Finance
1H 2022 China Sustainable Funds Review
In this report, we reviewed the developing trends of China's sustainable funds. We found the sustainability-focused funds in China shrank 11% in the first half of 2022 compared with the …
Policy & Finance
Banking Asia’s future: how to align with national climate plans
Asia's governments have declared long-term net-zero targets and are introducing regulation to spur action in the short to medium term across the region's economies. Asia's banks have a choice. They …
Policy & Finance
Investing for the climate in Asia
Are "green finance" and climate change gaining traction in the Asian financial sector? We reviewed the practices of 88 leading financial institutions across Asia-Pacific to find out. We discovered growing …
Policy & Finance
Electric vehicles in the Philippines: Business opportunities, market barriers, and policy signals
Is the Philippines on the cusp of an electric vehicle revolution?
Policy & Finance
Asia’s Dystopian Future?—Why banks need to put sustainable finance clearly In their sights
The Fair Finance Asia - SOMO report 'Asia's Dystopian Future? Why Banks Need To Put Sustainable Finance Clearly in Their Sights' exposes the environmental and social problems banks in FFA …
A new ground-breaking study launched by Eco-Business puts a spotlight on Southeast Asia's transition to the low carbon economy and identifies the top challenges for the region as insufficient regulation …
Policy & Finance
Unlocking capital for sustainability
China’s economy has grown 10 times as fast as that of the United Kingdom during its industrial revolution and affected 100 times as many people. But these headline economic success …
The next time you are in your local bank, ask them about their sustainability and CSR practices. Ask the same question of your university professors if you are at school, …
