Large Asia asset owners join push to lobby global firms on nature risks

Some of Asia’s largest asset owners have backed an initiative to directly lobby 60 global companies that pose acute nature-related risks, pushing them to engage directly with governments. Several of Japan’s largest insurers, including Sumitomo Life Insurance, Nippon Life Insurance, Dai-ichi Life Insurance, and Daido Life Insurance, as well as Future Super, the $1-billion Australian super fund, are on a list of investors named by Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) June 25 …