ESG
Issue 175: Sembcorp courts still-brown Alinta; Asia can’t let coal go
This week in ESG: Sembcorp to buy Australian utility A$6.5 billion; coal phase-out fizzling out in Asia
Toll Group launches first electric decarbonisation hub in Singapore
The initiative is expected to cut emissions by up to 80% per trip by vessels
Sembcorp’s Alinta Energy buy: One step forward on earnings, two steps back on emissions?
Sembcorp says the acquisition is driven by Alinta’s renewables pivot, not its Loy Yang B coal-fired power station
Filipino typhoon survivors sue Shell over climate change
Typhoon Rai struck in December 2021, killing over 400 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless
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Brookfield plans Singapore hires to tap Asia energy demand boom
The firm aims to bring in up to four people to focus on renewable-energy and low-carbon tech deals
Deadly November Asian storms ‘supercharged’ by climate change, researchers say
Tropical storms are common during the monsoon season
Hopes are for impact investing to fill funding gaps in Asia – but less attractive returns are an obstacle
Barriers to growth in the region’s sector include fragmented deal flow and the perception of high risks
Asian utilities slow to confront climate risk
ASIA might need to grow up when it comes to protecting its power sector against climate-related loss and damage, a new report has suggested.
For SMEs, tracking carbon emissions is not about theory but growing the business
Property player CDL works with its SME suppliers to develop a decarbonisation road map
EU reaches tentative deal to set 90% emissions cut goal for 2040
The bloc already has two binding targets: net zero emissions in 2050 and a 55% cut by 2030 from 1990 levels
