Research / Policy & Finance

Rethinking Plastics: How the Extended Producer Responsibility Act will pave the way towards circularity in the Philippines
Filipinos consumed 2.15 million tonnes of plastic in 2019. Of this, only around 9 per cent were recycled, with 33 per cent being sent to sanitary landfills and open dumpsites. …
How plastic credits are supporting the Global Plastics Treaty
Plastic pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss are highly intertwined and exacerbate each other, threatening our life on Earth. We must innovate and invest in the development of alternative materials, …
ChatGPT on financial reporting
Generative AI’s incredible speed of sinking into our everyday lives came in like a tsunami. At a record-breaking, tech-pandemic’ish growth rate, OpenAI’s ChatGPT registered users reached 1 million within 5 …
From 2022 to 2023: top sustainability stories in 2022 and implications in the new year
2022—a year of ongoing uncertainties as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, geopolitical tension, and the global energy crisis from the Russian-Ukraine conflict formed the backdrop for the global ESG developments.
Are EVs meeting ESG standards?
Electric vehicles (EV) are rising in popularity in recent years, replacing traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that rely on fossil fuels. A growing number of both developed and developing …
On greener pastures: Global Sustainability Funds Development 2021-2022
Global sustainability assets saw a bumper year in 2021, up US$1 trillion to reach a total of US$2.74 trillion. While Europe still dominates the sustainable investment space with 80% of …
1H 2022 China Sustainable Funds Review
In this report, we reviewed the developing trends of China's sustainable funds. We found the sustainability-focused funds in China shrank 11% in the first half of 2022 compared with the …
Hydrogen forecast to 2050
DNV's first dedicated hydrogen forecast to 2050 provides new and expanded hydrogen findings from our Energy Transition Outlook model - exploring the outlook globally, regionally, and by sector. We combine …
A-share companies’ sustainability disclosures 2021 review
In this report, we reviewed the sustainability disclosures of A-share companies in 2021. Some of our key findings include: We found that 1412 A-share companies disclosed sustainability-related information in 2021, …
Banking Asia’s future: how to align with national climate plans
Asia's governments have declared long-term net-zero targets and are introducing regulation to spur action in the short to medium term across the region's economies. Asia's banks have a choice. They …
The value of biodiversity for Asia's megacities
Asia’s urban populations have grown significantly over the past three decades as people flock to cities, in search for jobs. A 2019 study by the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum found that most of the region’s population, over 2.3 billion people,...
eBook: Key trends in anti-bribery & anti-corruption in 2022 & beyond
eBook: Key trends in anti-bribery & anti-corruption in 2022 & beyondWhen 2019 ended, we bid farewell to another decade, but little did we know what the following year had in …
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