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UK’s impact investor to invest £1.1 billion towards energy transition in Asia’s emerging markets
Initiative will focus on investments that support emissions reduction in fast-growing countries with coal-based energy networks
UK accelerates clean energy to protect against fossil fuel price shocks
[LONDON] Britain will launch a package of measures on Tuesday to accelerate the growth of renewable power and reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuels which have soared in cost due to the conflic...
Asia’s clean energy boom pushes fossil fuel power generation to sharpest fall in a century
Renewables have also overtaken coal in the global mix for the first time in more than 100 years
ESG loans in South-east Asia fall 46% in Q1 2026 amid heightened volatility from Iran war
Proceeds from environmental, social and governance bonds decline 26.5% over the same period
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Issue 190: Scenario gap in climate disclosures; sustainable finance and energy security
This week in ESG: Review finds progress in Singapore-listed companies’ climate reporting; sustainable finance critical to energy resilience for Singapore
Bali residents take to burning trash as landfill rules change
Danantara has announced plans to build facilities that would burn waste to generate electricity in Denpasar
Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs short
[SEOUL/TOKYO] An ‘eco-friendly’ range of paper tubes and pouches touted by Yonwoo, a South Korean maker of packaging for cosmetics, has reaped unexpected benefit from the Iran war, which has disrupted...
Estonia races towards renewables for greater energy security – not because of the Iran war
Its clean energy push was mandatory after its accession into the EU in 2004 and accelerated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022
