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See below for recent publications of Outreach Group member organisations as well as relevant other materials.

Responsible Investment and Sustainability Rating of Korean Companies and Third Meeting of the Asia Pacific Task Force Outreach Group

The Korean weekly economic magazine Economy21 recently issued a special edition on sustainability management of industrial and financial sectors. It includes ratings conducted by Eco-Frontier, a partner of UNEP FI, which has rated Korean companies according to Innovest’s sustainability rating methodology.

The report highlights that while many Koreans are unfamiliar with responsible investment, interest in sustainability is increasing. It is expected that as Korean companies begin to adopt sustainable management, awareness of sustainability ratings will also increase. The rating results for the auto, semiconductor, steel, and oil & gas sectors are featured in the magazine’s May 2005 issue. In the future, Eco-Frontier will rate the construction, heavy industry and electric utility sectors, and will also retain a 100 Korean companies’ rating database.

For further information, contact: Mr Dae-woong Lim, Eco-Frontier (dwlim@ecofrontier.co.kr)

Development Bank of Japan releases report on “The New Trends of Environmentally Conscious Finance in Asia and the Pacific”

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The Development Bank of Japan has released a comprehensive report on the latest sustainability finance practices in the Asia Pacific region. The report identifies recent economic developments in Asia have raised interest in social welfare and the environment including the roles and responsibilities of the financial sector. For example since the exposure of high profile child labour abuse cases in Asian countries, the concept of corporate social responsibility has affected the whole supply chain. For the finance sector this has impacted lending decisions including adoption of the Equator Principles in project finance. On a proactive level, the report looks at growing trends in products and services that provides a positive contribution to sustainability such as socially responsible investments, microfinance and financing of clean development mechanism projects.

For more information, contact: yamamoto@dbj.org.sg

Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) Report on Climate Change & CDM Projects

The latest DBJ report focuses on the adverse environmental impact caused by climate change in Southeast Asia and how governments in the region have embarked on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects under the Kyoto Protocol.

"Climate Change & CDM Projects in Southeast Asia" provides case studies on six countries: Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Singapore. Each of these examines the factors contributing to climate change and the approval processes for implementing CDM projects. The report includes specific examples, such as biomass power projects in Indonesia and Thailand, a landfill power project in Malaysia, and a gas recovery and utilization project in Vietnam. Besides providing information on CDM projects, the report also provides an outline of the overall problems and barriers faced by Southeast Asian countries in their efforts to protect the environment.

For further information, please contact: yamamoto@dbj.org.sg

To download the report, please visit: http://www.dbj.go.jp/singapore/english/