8+ ESG & Sustainability Resources
Frameworks, reports, newsletters, guides and templates curated for sustainability professionals across Asia Pacific and beyond.
ArticleHow the Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings Measure Unmanaged Risk
The methodology behind one of the most widely used ESG risk frameworks, how its scores are built, and what its approach tells investors.
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#122 What the World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Expects From Companies
Norges Bank Investment Management owns close to 1.5% of the world's listed equity. Through published expectations on climate, nature, human rights and governance, backed by scoring, voting and divestment, NBIM increasingly sets the standard companies are measured against. Is it stewardship, or quiet regulation?
Newsletter#118 Measuring the State of Nature for TNFD: Inside the NPI pilot with NatureHelm and New Forests
NatureHelm and New Forests put the Nature Positive Initiative's State of Nature metrics to the test across selected assets in five countries. The pilot shows what satellite data can and can't measure at scale, why landscape connectivity became the metric stakeholders cared about most, and what it means for measuring nature across a 4.4-million-hectare portfolio and for TNFD disclosure.
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#50 UBS’s Blueprint for Scaling Sustainability
Sustainability is more than ambition; it’s delivery. UBS’s 2024 blueprint for scaling impact across global finance.