ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

ICGN Releases Sustainability Assurance Guidance

By ESG Investor | 17/07/2024

The ICGN said many companies and markets are in the early stage of sustainability reporting, and much of the information is not “ready for assurance”.

Market Infrastructure

ASEAN Exchanges to Pursue Four POCs to Improve Competitiveness

By Nithya Subramanian | 17/07/2024

The POCs focus on developing common data infrastructure, enhancing capacity building, and creating a marketplace for transition financing and ESG investment.

ESG / Sustainability

ASIFMA Report Offers APAC Guidance on ISSB Adoption

By Manesh Samtani | 15/07/2024

The report says APAC jurisdictions should adopt IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 simultaneously, to prevent the risk of a “country or market discount”.

ESG / Sustainability

SBTN Updates Guidance for Nature Targets

By ESG Investor | 15/07/2024

The Science Based Targets Network laid out five steps corporates should take to align their approach to nature with science.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore and Laos PDR Sign MOU on Carbon Credits Collaboration

By Nithya Subramanian | 10/07/2024

The two countries will work towards a legally binding Implementation Agreement for the international transfer of correspondingly adjusted carbon credits.

ESG / Sustainability

ACCC Consults on Guidance for Sustainability Collaborations

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/07/2024

The guide is intended to assist businesses considering working together to achieve positive environmental outcomes without breaching Australian competition law.

ESG / Sustainability

China Releases New Draft Rules for National Carbon Market

By Editors | 05/07/2024

The new rules change the way emissions targets are set and aim to reduce the oversupply of allowances in the market.

ESG / Sustainability

NGFS Publishes New Reports on Nature-related Risks

By Editors | 05/07/2024

The first report offers a conceptual framework for nature-related financial risks. The second focuses on nature-related litigation.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS Releases Annual Sustainability Report

By Nithya Subramanian | 05/07/2024

Financial institutions can find significant opportunities by channeling capital into green and transition technologies, said MAS Chairman, Gan Kim Yong.