Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi) played an instrumental role in bringing the first Asian group of private investors to LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund III. Coordinating the due diligence process in collaboration with the investor group raised the awareness, skills and confidence of all involved and marked an important step forward for SFi. The Asian…
Over the past year, SFi has successfully built a community of private investors who believe in “Capital that Matters”. Our investor network has progressed from asking “why invest sustainably”, to asking “how”, and “what”. In the process, we have also established SFi as an informed and engaged voice in Hong Kong’s financial industry. …
This article by South China Morning Post highlights China’s slow embrace of ESG factors in investment decisions and points out there’s a lack of asset owners signing onto PRI in the region. As noted by Sustainable Finance Initiative in this piece, more banks in Hong Kong have begun to develop in-house ESG capabilities to service growing demand…
The Sustainable Finance initiative (SFi)’s network of investors gathered together to mingle over holiday drinks and reflect on the past year in Hong Kong. During the event, they held a Climate Ribbon session in which investors shared what they love and hope never to lose to climate chaos. K
With our last brown bag of the year 2018 focused on modern slavery and how investors can do more in the fight against this heinous crime, we are also sharing an op-ed original piece written by SFi team member Ms Ng Tze Wei on the topic: Hong Kong should use its financial might to fight human trafficking.
At a recent ESG Forum which highlighted uncertainty surrounding ESG standards, Tze-wei Ng shared the motivations behind the growing interest of Hong Kong’s private investors in ESG investing, and the challenges that remained. Read here
