ESG / SUSTAINABILITY

ESG / Sustainability

BOE Publishes Results of First Supervisory Climate Stress Test

By Manesh Samtani | 25/05/2022

Without early action, the UK’s largest banks and insurers would suffer climate-related losses worth $418bn by 2050.

ESG / Sustainability

US SEC Fines BNY Mellon Unit for ESG Misstatements

By Editors | 25/05/2022

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser stated in documents that all investments in its funds had undergone an ESG quality review, but that this was not always the case.

ESG / Sustainability

TNFD Launches Collaborative Initiatives to Refine Reporting Framework

By ESG Investor | 24/05/2022

TNFD consultation groups from Australia and New Zealand, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK have been formed.

Big Picture

NGFS Issues Reports on Climate-related Risks and Ratings

By Editors | 24/05/2022

Two new reports shed light on the extent to which climate risks are taken into account by FIs and affect credit ratings.

Securities / Derivatives

Sustainable Exchanges Partnership Increases Emerging Markets Focus

By Editors | 23/05/2022

UN SSE and IFC will work to advance gender equality and support the adoption and implementation of sustainable finance products.

ESG / Sustainability

ASEAN+3 Ministers Pledge to Maintain Regional Stability

By Editors | 19/05/2022

The CMIM is being enhanced to allow ASEAN+3 members to use their own and each other’s local currencies for CMIM liquidity support.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Launches ESG Registry Under Project Greenprint

By Manesh Samtani | 17/05/2022

STACS says the registry will provide financial institutions, corporates, and regulators access to quality ESG certifications and data.

Big Picture

Near-term Economic Climate Change Impacts “Harder to Ignore”

By ESG Investor | 17/05/2022

New report says the near-term impacts of climate change are becoming ever harder for financial institutions to ignore.

ESG / Sustainability

Bursa Malaysia, CIMB Collaborate to Drive ESG Adoption

By Editors | 16/05/2022

CIMB becomes the fourth bank overall, and first home-grown bank, to collaborate with Bursa Malaysia on its #financing4ESG initiative.