ESG / SUSTAINABILITY

ESG / Sustainability

Malaysian FIs to Start Applying Climate Risk Taxonomy

By Editors | 02/03/2021

Financial institutions will begin capturing exposures based on the Climate Change and Principles-Based Taxonomy over the course of 2021.

ESG / Sustainability

SEBI to Issue ESG Disclosure Guidelines for Listed Companies

By Editors | 02/03/2021

Chairman Ajay Tyagi said SEBI will issue new guidelines “soon”, with a view to achieving greater transparency and accountability from listed companies on ESG.

ESG / Sustainability

BOJ, FSA to Analysis Climate Impacts on Banks This Year

By Editors | 02/03/2021

The BOJ will reportedly work with the FSA to analyse the impact of climate risks on banks in this year’s examinations.

ESG / Sustainability

Former SEC Chairman Embraces Climate-Related Disclosure

By ESG Investor | 01/03/2021

Jay Clayton had previously defended voluntary ESG disclosures as opposed to mandatory, insisting that flexible requirements would be effective.

Crypto / Digital Assets

IOSCO Publishes Work Programme for 2021-2022

By Editors | 28/02/2021

New priorities will be to address the risks of NBFI activities and risks exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic such as misconduct, fraud and operational resilience.

ESG / Sustainability

Is a Global Taxonomy the ‘Investment Highway’ to a Net-Zero Transition?

By ESG Investor | 27/02/2021

ESG Investor talked to sustainable finance experts and stakeholders on the forms a global taxonomy should take to scale climate finance internationally.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Work Plan to Focus on Addressing Covid Vulnerabilities

By Editors | 26/02/2021

The FSB says it will produce an assessment of initial lessons learned from the pandemic and a report on the factors needed for an orderly unwinding of support measures.

ESG / Sustainability

SGX, OneConnect Partner to Develop ESG Reporting Platform

By Editors | 26/02/2021

The platform will help SGX listed companies to efficiently manage their sustainability disclosures, make them more transparent, and improve overall ESG performance in the long run.

Big Picture

More Than Half of Asian Investor Group Mull Net Zero by 2050

By ESG Investor | 24/02/2021

Survey results from the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change suggest that growing appetite is being blocked by lack of investable opportunities.