Topic: Governance & Disclosure

Policy Brief for COP29: Asian Investors Leading on Climate Action, But Need Greater Government Support to Accelerate the Transition

Policy Briefings | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | 11 November 2024

As COP29 convenes in Baku, amidst a backdrop of escalating climate impacts and urgent calls for increased ambition, AIGCC presents this briefer to highlight the perspectives of investors active in Asian markets on climate finance

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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.

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.

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.

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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Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark 2024 (Summary of Results)

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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Letter to Financial Services Commission, Republic of Korea – To Commence Mandatory Sustainability Disclosure in 2026

Policy Submissions | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | 7 October 2024

A group of investors, responsible for more than USD 3.5+ trillion (₩4,700 trillion) in assets under management, recommends the FSC set out a clear sustainability-related disclosure roadmap as well as to mandate a phased-in approach to climate disclosure by 2026.

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