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The US, Japan and other countries will offer a climate finance deal worth as much as $20 billion to help Indonesia shift its coal-dominated power grid away from the polluting...
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Eavor Technologies Inc. to acquire shares in the company through its wholly owned subsidiary Chubu Electric...
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has started trial trading of carbon credits on Tokyo Stock Exchange as part of the “Technical Demonstration Project for Carbon...
Image: GE 4.2-117 Onshore Wind Turbine. Source: GE Renewable Energy GE Renewable Energy to supply 19 of its 4.2-117 onshore wind turbines for a total installed capacity of 79.8 MW....
Sasol and ITOCHU Corporation have signed a MoU to jointly study and develop the market and supply chain for green ammonia with a focus on its use as bunkering fuel...
An ambitious project in an unpopulated part of Tokyo Bay aims to build a high-tech, sustainable city-within-a-city on reclaimed land. In “Akira,” the celebrated animation film depicting a post-apocalyptic “Neo-Tokyo,”...
Toyota Motor Corporation has decided to invest up to 730 billion yen (approximately $5.6 billion) in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles, for...
Japan on Friday took a first step into its research for a green gross domestic product (GDP) measurement that reflects the country’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its...
New Boeing research and development center in Japan to focus on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), electric/hydrogen propulsion, robotics, digitization and composites Extends 2019 cooperation agreement with Ministry of Economy, Trade...
BYD JAPAN Inc., a branch of BYD Company Limited in Japan, held a brand conference in Tokyo, marking BYD’s official entry into the passenger vehicle market in Japan. Three BYD...
Tokyo aims to deepen its ties with the City of London by promoting financial collaboration and exchanging information, while promoting the push towards sustainable finance, Governor Yuriko Koike said on...
Gevo, Inc. is pleased to announce a new fuel sales agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL). The Agreement outlines the details for the purchase of 5.3 million gallons per year of...
New eNote Targeted To B2B Industries to Helps Businesses Reduce Their Carbon Footprint E Ink, the originator, pioneer, and global commercial leader in digital paper technology, announced the launch of...
Winning Japan’s ‘Green Finance Subsidy Program’, RepRisk will contribute to the acceleration of green finance in Japan via best-in-class ESG risk data RepRisk, a leading ESG data science firm combining...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday laid out a plan to issue an estimated 20 trillion yen ($157 billion) worth of “green transition” bonds to help finance investment to...
A Japanese oil refiner is planning to sell a climate-friendly bond that combines elements of two existing ESG debt structures, in what would be a first in the nation. ...
Japan’s state-backed New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) said on Tuesday it will allocate 114.5 billion yen ($892 million) to help develop new fuels such as synthetic ones...
Actis, a global sustainable infrastructure investor, has extended its footprint in Asia with the opening of a new office in Japan and two senior hires. Jun Ohashi and Tareq Sirhan...
Many firms and people in Japan still consider ESG a “box-ticking exercise,” resulting in cases of greenwashing, according to former Goldman Sachs Japan vice chair Kathy Matsui. “ESG isn’t just...
Individuals and organizations around the world are racing to cut emissions to prevent the worst outcomes of global warming. These efforts usually focus on the atmosphere, but the oceans of...
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