ESG / SUSTAINABILITY

    ESG / Sustainability

    MAS, PBOC to Jointly Establish Green Finance Taskforce

    By Editors | 02/11/2022

    A number of Singapore-China initiatives were announced this week, including plans by SGX, SSE and SZSE to launch a Low Carbon Index Family by year-end.

    ESG / Sustainability

    IDX, MVGX Partner to Develop Indonesia’s Carbon Market

    By Editors | 02/11/2022

    Indonesia Stock Exchange and Singapore’s MetaVerse Green Exchange will collaborate to develop a carbon exchange system in Indonesia.

    ESG / Sustainability

    GFANZ Aims to Boost “Speed and Scope” of Net Zero Transition

    By ESG Investor | 01/11/2022

    Alongside the finalised transition framework for financial institutions, GFANZ issues updates on portfolio alignment metrics and policy levers.

    Capital / Liquidity

    NZ Banks ‘Well Placed’ to Withstand Stagflation Scenario: RBNZ

    By Editors | 01/11/2022

    The stress tests show that river and surface water flooding may be a greater climate-related hazard for residential mortgages than coastal flooding.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Hong Kong Invites Firms to Provide Training in Green Finance

    By Editors | 01/11/2022

    Providers of green and sustainable finance-related training are invited to register their programmes for a capacity building support scheme launching later this year.

    ESG / Sustainability

    SFDR Level 2 – Implications for SFC Authorised UCITS Funds

    By Alwyn Li | 31/10/2022

    Alwyn Li and Vincci Ip discuss pre-contractual disclosure requirements for SFDR Article 8 and Article 9 funds and the relevant regulatory requirements in Hong Kong.

    ESG / Sustainability

    GFANZ ‘Quiet Quits’ Race to Net Zero

    By ESG Investor | 30/10/2022

    The GFANZ 2022 progress report appeared to confirm the alliance’s intention to allow member groups to set their own path to net zero.

    ESG / Sustainability

    HKEX Launches Carbon Market to Support Net Zero Transition

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/10/2022

    The new platform will allow participants to source, hold, trade, settle and retire voluntary carbon credits from internationally-certified carbon projects.

    Enforcement

    ASIC Issues First Penalty Over Greenwashing Concerns

    By Editors | 29/10/2022

    ASIC said Tlou Energy made “false or misleading sustainability-related statements” in materials filed with ASX about its energy production.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Singapore to Host Platform to Unify Carbon Market Registry Data

    By Editors | 29/10/2022

    Climate Action Data Trust, or CAD Trust, will link, aggregate and harmonise all major carbon market registry data, and help with reporting under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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