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ESG / SUSTAINABILITY
ESG / Sustainability
EBA Calls for Action Against Banks Without Mandatory Diversity Policies
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/03/2023
The EBA says competent authorities should take appropriate supervisory measures to ensure banks and investment firms comply with the EU’s mandatory diversity policy.
ESG / Sustainability
Bursa Malaysia, LSEG to Launch Sustainability Reporting Platform
By Editors | 09/03/2023
At Invest Malaysia 2023, funding incentives for the Bursa Carbon Exchange were also announced, along with other initiatives to increase the vibrancy of the Malaysian capital market.
ESG / Sustainability
Malaysia Roll Outs of First “Greening Value Chain” Programme
By Editors | 08/03/2023
The initiative, announced last November, is designed to provide technical assistance and funding to help SMEs decarbonise their operations.
Enforcement
ACCC Enforcement to Prioritise Misleading Environmental Claims
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/03/2023
The ACCC has established a new taskforce that will focus on sustainability and its intersection with competition and consumer law.
ESG / Sustainability
GASLA Issues Updated Framework for ESG and Securities Lending
By Editors | 08/03/2023
The updated framework provides offers guidance to help financial institutions evaluate securities lending in the context of their ESG policies.
ESG / Sustainability
New ISO Standard for Sustainable Finance Launched
By ESG Investor | 05/03/2023
The British Standard Institute has launched a sustainable finance standard to help ‘demystify’ principles for the market.
ESG / Sustainability
ACCC Internet Sweep Reveals Widespread Greenwashing by Businesses
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/03/2023
Out of 247 businesses reviewed during the ACC’s internet sweep, 57 percent made “concerning claims about their environmental credentials”.
ESG / Sustainability
Japan Sets Timeline for Domestic Implementation of ISSB Standards
By Editors | 03/03/2023
Japan will issue draft sustainability disclosure standards based on the ISSB standards by 31 March 2024, and final standards by 31 March 2025.
ESG / Sustainability
UK, Singapore Establish ‘Green Economy’ Cooperative Framework
By Editors | 03/03/2023
The UK and Singapore will cooperate in the areas set out under three pillars – one being carbon markets and sustainable finance.
ESG / Sustainability
US Senate Votes to Overturn ESG Investing Rule for Retirement Funds
By Mark Johnston | 02/03/2023
The US Senate voted to repeal a Labour Department rule that allowed managers of retirement funds to consider ESG factors in their investments.
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