ESG / Sustainability

    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.

    Big Picture

    Bank Culture Regarded as Critical Governance Priority: Report

    By Manesh Samtani | 16/05/2022

    Financial regulators are prioritising psychological safety, ‘speak up’ culture, and the ability to “predict and prevent” stakeholder harm, says a report from Starling.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Future Uncertain for UK SDRs After Omission

    By ESG Investor | 16/05/2022

    Details on the SDRs were omitted from a new financial services bill outlined during the Queen’s Speech last week.

    ESG / Sustainability

    China: ESG Disclosure Standards to Take Effect on 1 June

    By Darien Choong | 14/05/2022

    Ping An, China Mobile, Ant Group, Dagong Credit Rating as well as asset managers and energy producers helped to develop the standards.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Singapore Listed Companies Form New Industry Body

    By Editors | 13/05/2022

    The new association will serve as a platform for thought leadership and advocacy, ESG ecosystem building, and corporate access and investor relations.

    Securities / Derivatives

    ADDX, Fullerton Partner to Tokenise Private Equity Fund

    By Editors | 11/05/2022

    Temasek subsidiary Fullerton Fund Management is issuing tokenised units of a new private equity fund of funds on the ADDX platform.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI to Enhance ESG Disclosure, Assurance Requirements

    By Editors | 11/05/2022

    A new committee will work to address mis-selling and greenwashing risks and explore the introduction of prudential requirements for ESG funds.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Thai Stock Exchange Publishes Sustainability Reporting Guide

    By Editors | 10/05/2022

    The guide contains ESG metrics for eight industry groups and should be used to inform listed company practices for disclosing sustainability-related information.

    Market Infrastructure

    Mandatory Disclosure Needed to Address “Persistent” GHG Reporting Gap

    By ESG Investor | 09/05/2022

    FTSE Russell paper reveals wide variations across countries, sectors and company size for Scope 1 and 2 emissions.

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