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RFI Foundation estimates the financed greenhouse gas emissions in Malaysia’s financial system
Many of the global investors who are signatories to UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance and who collectively manage $5 trillion in assets, are among shareholders in Malaysian financial institutions and financial assets in Malaysia like bonds, sukuk and equities. Financial institutions and investors should consider GHG emissions as a potential future cost when evaluating the future financial prospects of companies they finance. Their investors already are.
New RFI Foundation report outlines way forward in defining impact-focused collaboration between Ethical finance and Islamic finance
An authoritative report was released today at the IFSB Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia by the Chairperson of the RFI Foundation’s Council of Advisors, Tan Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, during a session moderated by the RFI’s CEO, Blake Goud. The report investigates similarities between Ethical and Islamic finance and provides recommendations to build upon the shared principles which link the two forms of responsible finance.