Market: Japan

Asian Investors Name the Policy Priorities That Will Direct Billions into Climate Solutions

11 November 2024

AIGCC’s State of Net Zero Investment in Asia survey of 52 investors across Asia, managing approximately $50.2 trillion in assets under management (AUM), has identified the key climate-related priorities that national governments in Asia must address to enable private capital to flow into climate solutions.
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More than six hundred investors call on world governments at COP29 to implement critical climate policies

7 November 2024

The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis represents the most comprehensive investor policy call on the climate crisis. It has closed with 650 investors representing $33 trn USD in AUM supporting the call for action.
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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.
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Position Paper on Japan’s Strategic Energy Plan

Policy Submissions | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | September 2024

AIGCC 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.

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Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark 2024 (Full Dataset)

Report | Climate Action 100+ | October 2024

The Benchmark assesses the performance – based on disclosures and alignment assessments – of 168  Climate Action 100+ focus companies against the initiative’s three high-level goals: improved governance, emissions reduction and enhanced climate-related disclosures.

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Supporting Investors in Japan’s Energy Transition and Decarbonisation

17 October 2024

In collaboration with Nissay Asset Management, AIGCC hosted two roundtables and a site visit as part of the Financial Services Agency’s (FSA) Japan Weeks in Tokyo on 3-4 October. These events were designed to drive greater private sector financing for Japan’s Energy Plan and support industrial decarbonisation across Asia.
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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。
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Empowering Investors to Navigate Climate Challenges through AIGCC’s Physical Risk and Resilience Working Group – A Snapshot of Our Progress

24 September 2024

AIGCC’s Physical Risk and Resilience Working Group (PRR WG) was established to equip investors with the tools and knowledge necessary to integrate  physical risk considerations and resilience in their portfolio management and to catalyse investment in adaptation solutions.
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