AVPN Webinar: Impact Investing in a Post-COVID World: ESG Trends, Measurement & Analysis Across Asia-Pacific
While the world faces the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that there is an upcoming shift to rethink sustainability practices, business models, and investment priorities. With ESG standards being one of the most powerful and globally recognized tools to advance progress in sustainability, it is critical to ensure that we are well-positioned to integrate ESG in our current context.
Building ESG and Climate Resilience in the Financial Industry
Co-author: Christopher Soh, Sustainability Consultant at KPMG 3 min read How can financial institutions remain resilient against climate change and address rising Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) expectations of their stakeholders? The latest IPCC report in 2021 highlights the urgency to do more, decarbonise and limit global temperature rise. COVID-19 has also put social issues […]
ESG Investments Emerge Strong Amidst COVID-19 Uncertainties
4 min read
The public health emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial contraction in economic activities globally, wiping off jobs, engulfing ‘business as usual’ scenarios and pummelling stock markets.
From Plausible to Possible: How Strategic Partnerships Can Accelerate ESG in Asia
Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), though slow to gain traction, has captured the focus of investors, corporates, and financial institutions in Asia. It is a term that is hailed frequently in the financial sector, but it lacks universal benchmarks and a consensus on how it can be applied practically across different industries.
How Are Digital Transformation Enablers Driving Sustainable Businesses
4 min read
With only a decade left to the agreed deadline for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it will be of utmost importance for corporates to align business interests more closely with the standards of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) sustainability.
How ESG Funds Can Drive Asia’s Economic Growth: A Spotlight on Leading Impact Funds
5 min read
While the pandemic has resulted in disruptions and uncertainty in the market, asset owners, fund managers and impact investors have remained active. Many have undertaken fundraising and investment in a more climate-aware portfolio.
Investing in a Better Future in Asia: Through the Lens of ESG Funds
ESG investing, and more specifically ‘E’ is likely to take center stage in Asia as climate impact is forecasted to hit the region the hardest. The COVID pandemic has heightened this awareness of ESG risks and subsequent flow of capital towards more responsible investments further. ESG Funds have since become a viable pathway for some […]
Investing in a Better Future in Asia: Through the Lens of ESG Funds
ESG investing, and more specifically ‘E’ is likely to take center stage in Asia as climate impact is forecasted to hit the region the hardest. The COVID pandemic has heightened this awareness of ESG risks and subsequent flow of capital towards more responsible investments further. ESG Funds have since become a viable pathway for some […]
Navigating the ESG landscape: A User’s Manual
Co-author: Kyra Ngai, Intern at AVPN 4 min read ESG investing: Why now, and why Asia? Climate change was once talked about as a distant threat, but the increasing frequency and intensity with which we are seeing climate-related disasters has cemented it as a worrying reality that few can ignore. In the business sector, there […]
Sustainability: Building Relevance
4 min read The corporate organogram has recently witnessed a new entrant: the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO). Large and mid-sized corporates across sectors and lineage – from the traditional business houses to the new-age unicorns – are scrambling to introduce this role. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing For all the sound and fury […]
What Do the Game-Changing EU Sustainable Finance Regulations Mean for the Wider ESG Industry?
7 min read
What do the game-changing EU Sustainable Finance Regulations mean for the wider ESG Industry? “The European Green Deal is our new growth strategy – for a growth that gives back more than it takes away. It shows how to transform our way of living and working, of producing and consuming”. These were the sentiments expressed by European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, when she introduced the European Green Deal in late 2019, a roadmap for the regional bloc to transition to a more sustainable economy.
