Topic: Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
17 August 2021
China’s landmark national emissions trading scheme has the potential to reduce the country’s carbon emissions by three to six billion tonnes a year by 2060, new analysis by the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and Schroders has found.
The new analysis finds that the initial impact of the national trading scheme (ETS) launched will be limited but could become more material for covered industries and companies by the mid-2020s as China aims to peak emissions before 2030.
15 July 2021
The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change has encouraged Chinese investors to adopt climate action plans to achieve carbon neutrality in an address to the 2021 ChinaSIF Summer Summit in Beijing.
亚洲投资者气候变化联盟于北京2021中国责任投资论坛夏季峰会致辞鼓励中国投资者采纳气候行动计划以达至碳中和。
In a remote address to the summit, AIGCC Chief Executive Officer, Rebecca Mikula-Wright, made the following key points:
亚洲投资者气候变化联盟（AIGCC）的首席执行官Rebecca Mikula-Wright于远程致辞提出以下要点:
- Expectations for investors to align their portfolios with net zero emissions are accelerating and many are now moving from adopting this goal to implementing it across their portfolios.
6 July 2021
- Net Zero Asset Managers initiative grows to 128 investors managing USD$43 trillion – all committed to net zero goal
- Momentum galvanised, contributing to ‘net zero tipping point’ as approaching half of all assets across global asset management sector are now part of initiative
- Signatories to work with clients to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner and set 2030 interim targets
41 leading asset managers, representing USD$6.8 trillion in assets, are today joining the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.
10 June 2021
457 investors managing more than US$41 trillion in assets have released a new joint statement to all world governments urging a global race-to-the-top on climate policy and warning that laggards will miss out on trillions of dollars in investment if they aim too low and move too slow. This represents the largest collective assets under management to sign on to a global investor statement to governments on climate change since the first statement in 2009.
7 June 2021
A new program backed by 13 institutional investors and stewardship service providers, responsible for $8.8 trillion in assets under management or advice, has been launched to engage Asia’s systemically important electric utilities on cutting emissions, strengthening disclosure and improving governance of climate-related risks.
24 May 2021
The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) will host a forum as part of the P4G Global Summit Seoul featuring contributions from some of the region’s largest institutional investors about what asset owners and managers can do to address climate change and help accelerate the transition to net zero emissions.
20 May 2021
Investors called on to lay out comprehensive Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs) in line with reaching the goal of a global net zero emissions economy by 2050 or sooner
The founding partners of The Investor Agenda released today a new tool to enable institutional investors to step up action to tackle the climate crisis and accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy.
26 April 2021
The global race to attract private capital investment into net zero emissions industries and infrastructure has accelerated after President Biden committed the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 and Prime Minister Suga committed Japan to a 46 per cent reduction from 2013 levels, ultimately aiming for 50 per cent below.
21 April 2021
- Ahead of Earth Day and Leaders Summit on Climate, initiative announces it now includes BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street Global Advisors
- Asset managers promise to work with clients to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner and set 2030 emissions reduction targets
More of the world’s largest asset managers announced today that they are joining the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, a clear sign that the global movement for a net-zero emissions economy is growing stronger and more determined.
15 April 2021
The United Nations COP26 High-Level Champion for Climate Action, Nigel Topping, will convene senior Japanese business leaders at 3pm JST on Monday 19 April for a roundtable event to showcase Japanese business climate leadership and accelerating momentum in the pursuit of the “
Race to Zero”, the flagship campaign for mobilising non-state actors to reach net zero by 2050 at the very latest in the run up to the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow later this year.