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This article briefly introduces the current common concepts of green finance and ESG to help readers understand the relevant contents of ESG regulatory policies, research statistics, knowledge and financial products in this website
Singapore Exchange believes that when the bonds meet the criteria of green bonds, social bonds, or sustainable bonds, they can be considered as Sustainable Fixed Income. Specifically, both bonds for institutional investors and retail bonds
Hong Kong launched the “Green and Sustainable Finance Grant Scheme (GSF)” to provide funds for issuers of green bonds and borrowers of green loans to promote the development of green and sustainable finance. This plan is integrated from the
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) was initiated by the United Nations in 2006 and participated by global financial institutions. Like the ESG proposed in 2004, the goal of UNPRI is to create an efficient and sustainable global financial system
In 2017, Hong Kong released the “2030 Climate Action Blueprint”, promising to reduce carbon emissions to 65% to 75% of 2005 by 2030. In 2020, carbon emissions have been reduced to 80%.
Hong Kong’s carbon emissions have reached a peak in 2014. According to
In 2018, Hong Kong launched the government green bond program for the first time, with an initial borrowing ceiling of HK $100 billion (about $12.8 billion). This borrowing limit was increased to HK $200 billion ($25.6 billion) in 2021. The funds raised by green bonds are mainly
After ESG was proposed, how did the financial industry view this emerging investment concept? What was the early development of ESG? One year after ESG was proposed, the Global Compact once again held a meeting to invite representatives
ESG first appeared in 2004, the United Nations Global Compact released the report “Who Cares Wins”, which together with twenty financial institutions gave suggestions to the financial industry, hoping to better apply environment, society and
COP15 Conference, the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, is divided into two stages: the first stage was held by China in October 2021, and the second stage was held by Canada
The Global Warming Potential (GWP) was created to solve this problem. In simple terms, GWP can be regarded as a measure of the effect of these gases on carbon dioxide (set as unit 1) in the process of global warming, that is, different gases have different GWP values. The larger the GWP
The phenomenon of greenwashing in the current market is more complex and difficult to identify than 36 years ago. Greenwashing can be understood as “declaring green actions to the outside world when do not meet the green standards”, or “exaggerating green actions”
Impact investing refers to not only focusing on the return of capital, but also actively incorporating measurable social, environmental and other impacts into the investment process. Impact investing involves social, environmental and other
