Singapore Airlines (SIA) [SIA:SP] will start a one-year pilot scheme starting from 3Q22 in which it will use blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by US oil producer ExxonMobil [XOM:US], as reported by Strait Times on February 11. The SAF comprises 1.25m liters of neat...
Tokyo-based Kaneka [4118:JP], an international chemical manufacturer, plans to quadruple its production capacity of a biodegradable polymer to 20,000 tons per year, as reported by Nikkei Asia on February 11. The polymer, dubbed PHBH, is biosynthesized by microorganisms using plant oils as the primary raw...
LG Group is incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters into subsidiary management by increasing their dividend policy predictability, as reported by the Korea Economic Daily on February 14. Subsidiaries of the South Korean conglomerate, including LG Electronics [066570:KS], LG Display [034220:KS], LG Innotek [011070:KS],...
China Resources Power (CR Power) [0836:HK] has selected ABC International Holdings and China International Capital Corporation [3908:HK] for the listing of its renewable energy business in Hong Kong, as reported by Bloomberg on February 14. The unit is working on the IPO with HSBC [HSBC:US]...
Australia-based mineral project developer Neometals [NMT:AU] is seeking a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), as reported by Bloomberg on February 14. Neometals, which possesses technology for recycling lithium-ion batteries and vanadium, believes the IPO will benefit from UK and European investors' interests...
The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is established to facilitate ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) investing as it has become the mainstream of the world of finance and investing. According to Bloomberg’s analysis, the global sustainable financial assets under management (AUM) reached USD37.8tr by...
JTC Corporation, a statutory board under Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, will require solar panels to be deployed for new land and land-based facility allocations, lease renewals, land launches, and tenders in all its estates, as reported by Strait Times on February 7. The...
UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an international investor network aimed at establishing a sustainable global financial system, released a report calling on investors to improve their performance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues, as reported by ESG Today on February 7. The report...
Japanese oil giant Inpex [1605:JP] aims to invest up to JPY100bn (USD868m) in building carbon capture facilities near Darwin, Australia, as early as 2026, as reported by Nikkei Asia on February 9. The project will capture and store carbon dioxide produced by Inpex's Ichthys gas...
China sets 2030 as the new deadline for peaking carbon emissions for the steel industry, against the earlier target of 2025, according to a guideline published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and two other regulators on February 7, as reported by...
Tata Power [TPWR:IN], the largest power generation firm in India, is in advanced talks with investors to raise between USD600m and USD700m for its renewable energy business at an equity valuation of around USD6bn to USD7bn, as reported by Economic Times on February 8. Potential...
Chinese offshore turbine maker Mingyang Smart Energy (MYSE) [601615:CH] has reached an agreement to provide three three-megawatt turbines for a wind power facility off the coast of Nyuzen, a town in central Japan, as reported by Nikkei Asia on February 4. The transaction makes MYSE...
Lotte Chemical [011170:KS], a South Korean chemical company, announced a USD501.5m investment plan to build plants for producing eco-friendly materials at its petrochemical complex in Daesan, as reported by Korean Economic Daily on February 7. The chemical company has reached an agreement with the Daesan...
India will raise the area under exploration and production for oil and gas to 500,000 square kilometers (sq km) by 2025 and hit 1m sq km by 2030, as reported by Economic Times on February 4. Over the past five years, the country has doubled...
Japan’s Mitsubishi [8058:JP] and Mitsui [8031:JP] will team up for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project located in the seabed of Western Australia, as reported by Nikkei Asia on February 4. The selected sea area has the highest concentration of offshore gas fields in...
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