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Sustainability

Natural Capital – Restoring the Balance Between Biodiversity and Humanity

Dharsono Hartono is CEO of PT Rimba Makmur Utama, which operates one of the world’s largest carbon offset projects. Dharsono’s work protecting and conserving forests in Indonesia has saved millions of tons of carbon to fight climate change.

3 min read | September 2023

Economics

Damocles: Our Early Warning Indicator of EM Exchange Rate Crises

Our early warning model of EM exchange rate crises shows Turkey, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka and Romania are at risk

2 min read | August 2023

Economics

Asia Economic Monthly: Food inflation risks are on the rise

Fiscal policy will be the first line of defense against rising food prices in Asia

3 min read | August 2023

Japan in focus

Japan’s Economy Wakes Up as Alarm Clocks Trigger Growth Boost

We previously explored the major events that led to a decades-long deflationary spiral in Japan. Here, we lay out how Japan’s economy can wake from its slumber by focusing on four main themes, (1) human resources strategy; (2) software investment; (3) entrenching a price-hiking culture; and (4) governance reforms.

5 min read | August 2023

Sustainability

Virtuous Circle - Recyclable, Reusable and Compostable Packaging

Prabha Parameswaran, Group President, Growth and Strategy at Colgate-Palmolive tells Nomura Greentech how the consumer giant is focused on recyclable, reusable and compostable packaging to create a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet.

3 min read | August 2023

Sustainability

Green Investing – Realizing a Renewable Future

Hidetake Takahashi, Head of Energy and Eco Services at ORIX, a Japanese financial services group, tells Nomura Greentech that he is doubling renewable energy generation capacity through strategic acquisitions

3 min read | August 2023

Sustainability

U.S. Waste Market Needs Better Incentives to Make an Impact

Moving the U.S. waste industry to a more circular and recycling-led market represents a major investment opportunity yet the effort faces headwinds due to ingrained consumer behavior, landfill economics, and fragmented policy which need better incentives to change.

3 min read | August 2023

Central Banks

BOJ Monetary Policy Meeting - Flexibility in the conduct of YCC is a policy change in practical terms

BOJ makes concessions for the uncertainty around inflation; Apr–Jun 2024 looks like a likely time for an end to YCC and NIRP

5 min read | August 2023

Technology

Generative AI to drive China’s technology revolution

China’s AI market could see US$18.5 billion of revenue growth between 2022 and 2025.

3 min read | August 2023

Sustainability

Investors Focused on Solving EV Charging Infrastructure Conundrum

Electric vehicle adoption is outpacing charging infrastructure build-out. However, massive ongoing investment in the sector combined with rapidly evolving technologies, promises to accelerate the required infrastructure to support continued growth.

3 min read | July 2023

Sustainability

The Growing U.S. Water Crisis

Western U.S. water shortages caused by mega droughts combined with under investment in the industry threaten a crisis unless desalination technologies improve or fresh water is used more efficiently.

3 min read | July 2023

Sustainability

Consumer Demand for Eco-Packaging Boosts Green Materials Industry

Consumer demand for green packaging is providing a tailwind for eco and recycled materials but more policy support and collaboration is needed before the industry can make a bigger decarbonization impact.

3 min read | July 2023

Sustainability

How Alternative Proteins Will Transform the World’s Food System

The alternative protein industry has emerged as a solution to the unsustainable practices of intensive agriculture but more investment is required to create a new low-emission food system in the coming decades.

3 min read | July 2023

Sustainability

Green Hydrogen Set to be Mainstream by 2030

The convergence of several forces will usher in a new era of power generation driven by clean and low-carbon hydrogen.

3 min read | July 2023

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