Initiative: Asia Utilities Engagement Program The Asia Utilities Engagement Program addresses Asia’s systematically important electric utilities to increase the effectiveness of climate engagement with a common agenda. Read more. AIGCC furthers work in Asian grids in enabling the decarbonisation of fossil-fuel assets; signs onto Climate Finance Principles for Grid Investment 3 December 2025 The Principles is an initiative led by Green Grids Initiative and supported by the Utilities for Net Zero Alliance to accelerate the development of grid infrastructure development globally. Asia Utilities Engagement ProgramEnergy Asia’s Powerhouses at Risk: Physical Climate Risk Exposure and Resilience Readiness across Asia’s Electric Utilities Report | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | 25 November 2025 Asia’s Powerhouses at Risk: Physical Climate Risk Exposure and Resilience Readiness across Asia’s Electric Utilities, new research jointly published by the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and MSCI Institute, assesses physical climate risk exposure and resilience readiness across 11 major Asian electric utilities. It combines asset-level analysis of 2,422 power generation sites with a review of corporate adaptation plans, highlighting rising financial impacts from climate hazards and outlining actions for utilities, policymakers, and investors to strengthen systemic resilience.Download the Report Asia Utilities Engagement ProgramClimate Action 100+Decarbonising the EconomyEnergyHong KongIndiaIndonesiaInvestor Practice & Capacity BuildingJapanMalaysiaPhysical Risk & Resilience Working GroupPhysical Risk & ResiliencePolicy & AdvocacySouth KoreaStewardship & Corporate Engagement Climate Adaptation Crucial to Reduce Electricity Companies’ $6.3b Annual Costs from Climate Hazards 25 November 2025 New research jointly published by AIGCC and MSCI Institute, assesses physical climate risk exposure and resilience readiness across 11 major Asian electric utilities. It combines asset-level analysis of 2,422 power generation sites with a review of corporate adaptation plans, highlighting rising financial impacts from climate hazards and outlining actions for utilities, policymakers, and investors to strengthen systemic resilience. Asia Utilities Engagement ProgramClimate Action 100+Decarbonising the EconomyEnergyHong KongIndiaIndonesiaInvestor Practice & Capacity BuildingJapanMalaysiaPhysical Risk & Resilience Working GroupPhysical Risk & ResiliencePolicy & AdvocacySouth KoreaStewardship & Corporate Engagement Kurt Metzger Kurt Metzger is a recognized specialist on energy transition strategies, active in Asia and globally, with a career spanning three decades in renewable energy project management, sustainable finance, and corporate restructuring for clean energy companies. Kurt began his career in the US managing renewable projects including hydro, biomass, geothermal, RNG, and wind, later serving as an advisor for pioneering biofuel companies and as CEO/CRO for a firm producing sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based lubricants. AIGCC Energy Transition WG and AUEP Joint Session Working Group Meeting | 17 July 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Timezone: Asia/Hong Kong Asia Utilities Engagement ProgramEnergyEnergy Transition Working GroupInvestor Practice & Capacity Building AIGCC’s 2024 Year in Review Report | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | February 2025 Over the past 12 months, AIGCC has continued to support institutional investors across Asia as they navigate evolving climate policies, deepen engagement with decision-makers key markets, and advance the region’s climate transition.Download the Report Asia Investor Group on Climate ChangeAsia Utilities Engagement ProgramChinaClimate Action 100+Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaInvestor Agenda and ICAPsInvestor Practice & Capacity BuildingJapanMalaysiaNet Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAM)Paris-Aligned Asset Owners Initiative (PAAO)Policy & AdvocacySingaporeSouth KoreaStewardship & Corporate EngagementThailandVietnam Japan should set ambitious energy transition targets through the 7th Strategic Energy Plan – AIGCC position paper 24 October 2024 AIGCC recently submitted a position paper on Japan’s Strategic Energy Plan to Japan’s Basic Policy Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy. Asia Utilities Engagement ProgramClimate Action 100+EnergyEngagement & Policy Working GroupGovernance & DisclosureJapanPolicy & Advocacy AIによるエネルギー需要増の中、投資家はアジア電力会社の気候対策前進を確認 1 October 2024 気候変動に関するアジア投資家グループ（AIGCC）が本表した最新レポートは、アジアの主要エネルギー企業が今年、ネットゼロという難題の達成に向けて重要な進歩を遂げたことを明らかにしました。 Asia Utilities Engagement ProgramDecarbonising the EconomyEnergyEnergy Transition Working GroupEngagement & Policy Working GroupInvestor Practice & Capacity BuildingJapanJapan Working GroupPolicy & AdvocacyStewardship & Corporate Engagement Investors See Climate Progress for Asian Electricity Companies 4 September 2024 Key Asian energy companies have made important progress this year in their difficult path to net zero, according to a new report released today by the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change. Asia Utilities Engagement ProgramChinaDecarbonising the EconomyEnergyEnergy Transition Working GroupEngagement & Policy Working GroupHong KongIndonesiaInvestor Practice & Capacity BuildingJapanMalaysiaPolicy & AdvocacyStewardship & Corporate Engagement Asian Utilities Engagement Program: 23-24 Progress Update Report | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | 4 September 2024 Since the Program’s inception in 2021, discussions have evolved from making general commitments to ramping up renewable capacity and having more concrete phase-out plans for existing coal power plants.Download the Report Asia Utilities Engagement ProgramChinaDecarbonising the EconomyEnergyEnergy Transition Working GroupEngagement & Policy Working GroupHong KongIndonesiaInvestor Practice & Capacity BuildingJapanMalaysiaPolicy & AdvocacyStewardship & Corporate Engagement