Engagement & Policy Working Group

Across Asia company engagement and government policy are deeply interconnected.

This working group’s combined focus helps investors understand how they can channel efforts in policy advocacy to drive more ambitious corporate climate action.

 

Chair

Paul Milon
Director, Sustainable Investing, Fidelity International

Contact

Nigel DeCoopman
Policy Manager, AIGCC

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Our Activities

The group contributed to the Investor Expectations of Asian Utilities report and provided feedback to the June 2021 launch of the Asian Utilities Engagement Program (AUEP), including plans for expansion.

The work this group undertakes on engagement is complementary and in parallel with company engagement as part of Climate Action 100+.

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Latest Engagement & Policy News, Resources, and Events.

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.

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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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.