Investors release major new guide to climate change reporting in Asia

26 October 2018

Today the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) is releasing a new report ‘Building on the base: TCFD Disclosure in Asia’, the first comprehensive guide developed by investors to look at climate change reporting by publically listed companies in Asia against the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).

In developing this report, AIGCC has worked in conjunction with EY and FTSE Russell to look at current levels of reporting by Asian companies in key industry sectors and across major markets in the region. It draws upon previously unpublished data analysis of corporate reporting on climate change and is the first report to benchmark performance against the TCFD for the region.

This guide outlines the expectations that investors have of listed companies on their climate disclosure and is designed to provide a practical tool for investors as they work in partnership with their investee companies in Asia.

“With Asia lashed yet again by increasingly extreme weather events in 2018, the impacts on climate change are really hitting home,” said Rebecca Mikula-Wright, Director of AIGCC.