A new joint report by UNEP FI, PRI and SynTao Green Finance, launched in Shanghai on June 5, 2019, provides recommendations for Chinas ESG disclosure framework, prepared by its financial regulators. This report is a follow-up from the Investor Duties and ESG Integration in China, and part of the Fi...

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SynTao Green Finance and Aegon-Industrial Fund Management co-launched the Decennial Report on Responsible Investment in China, including the result of a survey on domestic individual investors. Analysis on the performance of responsible investment mutual funds and equity indices demonstrate that in ...

SynTao Green Finance and Climate Bonds Initiative co-published the Study of Chinas Local Government Policy Instruments for Green Bonds at the beginning of 2017. The report reviewed Chinas green bond issuance and local policy making in 2016. Based on the previous report, this new report updated situa...

Green bond issuance in China soared in 2016 from almost zero to about RMB 200 billion, accounting for about 39% of global issuance in 2016. In China, most green bonds are issued by financial institutions. Issuers are based primarily in Shanghai, Beijing and Fuzhou. Bonds issued by other non-financia...