18+ Best Governance ESG Resources
Frameworks, reports, newsletters, guides and templates curated for sustainability professionals across Asia Pacific and beyond.
Newsletter#158 South Korea's $747 Billion Test of Transition Finance
South Korea’s $747 billion K-GX plan puts transition finance behind heavy-industry decarbonisation, with steel, hydrogen and clean technology at the centre.
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ReportPDFWhat We Heard: Canada’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy – Methodology Report
Business Future Pathways’ 2026 report summarizes stakeholder feedback on the methodology for Canada’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, including green and transition activities, technical screening criteria, Do No Significant Harm and Minimum Social Safeguards. It also examines transition finance, Indigenous rights, FPIC, biodiversity, climate adaptation and safeguards intended to support credible climate-aligned investment in Canada.
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ReportPDFLandscape of Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean 2026
Climate Policy Initiative’s 2026 report provides a comprehensive assessment of climate finance in Latin America and the Caribbean, tracking public and private investment across mitigation, adaptation and dual-benefit activities from 2020 to 2024. It examines climate finance needs, renewable energy, AFOLU, resilient infrastructure, sustainable finance, private capital mobilization and regional financing gaps across the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, South America and Brazil.
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ReportPDFClimate Governance Under Pressure: The Anti-ESG Movement’s Impact on Canadian Institutional Investors
This 2026 report from the Institute for Sustainable Finance and Canada Climate Law Initiative examines how the U.S. anti-ESG movement is affecting climate governance among Canadian institutional investors. It analyzes cross-border proxy voting, fiduciary duty, climate disclosure, sustainable finance regulation, greenwashing rules and the resilience of Canada’s climate-risk governance framework.
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ReportPDFPhasing Out Coal, Phasing In Justice: Roadmap for Financing Responsible Regional Coal Phase-Out in Asia
Fair Finance Asia and I-JET’s 2026 report examines coal phase-out policies, coal financing and just transition pathways across Asia, with detailed analysis of six Southeast Asian countries. It assesses financial flows, sustainable finance taxonomies, early coal retirement mechanisms and social safeguards while proposing a Paris-aligned framework for governments and financial institutions to support a responsible coal phase-out. Report_Phasing-out-coal-phasing…
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ReportPDFESG Still “In Favour” in ASEAN
Maybank’s ESG Still “In Favour” in ASEAN report examines ESG risk, market performance and sustainable finance trends across ASEAN-6 markets. Using Sustainalytics, Morningstar and other market data, it analyses low- and medium-ESG-risk companies, ESG-linked indices, sustainable fund flows, sustainability bonds and loans, and the development of voluntary and compliance carbon markets across Southeast Asia.
ArticleHow the ESG Data Convergence Initiative Standardises ESG Reporting in Private Markets
A five-year-old industry initiative has produced the largest standardised sustainability dataset private markets have ever had. Here is where it stands.
Newsletter#103 Green Bonds at a Crossroads: Impact, Compliance, and the Next Chapter for Labelled Debt
On the evolution of labelled debt markets, and whether the instruments that started a revolution are still fit for purpose.
Newsletter#100 Nature as Financial Infrastructure: Featuring BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas is positioning itself as a first-mover in nature finance, deploying €5.4B+ in biodiversity-linked capital and helping build frameworks like Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures. By combining blue finance, biodiversity-linked instruments, and strong partnerships, it is betting that early leadership will capture a major share of the fast-growing nature finance market.
Newsletter#81 The Limits of "Bankable Adaptation" in Climate Finance
Climate adaptation projects struggle to attract private capital because they deliver public benefits rather than profits. This article examines why traditional finance models fail and proposes blended approaches.
Newsletter#76 Why Visibility Alone Is No Longer Enough in Sustainability and Where Leadership Actually Gets Noticed
Sustainability communication is everywhere. What matters now is relevance. This article examines how leadership gets noticed through context, credibility, and audience.
Newsletter#67 Key Takeaways From COP30 In Brazil
COP30 in Brazil signaled a shift toward delivery, highlighting climate finance, nature protection, and just transition as core pillars of global action.