ESG / SUSTAINABILITY

ESG / Sustainability

Report Offers Guidance on Financial Sector Alignment With Paris Accord

By Editors | 18/09/2023

New report from IMF, World Bank, and OECD seeks to ensure diverging approaches to Paris Agreement alignment do not push climate goals further away.

ESG / Sustainability

EU SFDR Review Mulls New Categorisation System

By ESG Investor | 15/09/2023

The consultation spans issues such as legal certainty, usability, and how SFDR can play its part in tackling greenwashing.

Big Picture

Investor Demand Drives Improved ESG Reporting in APAC: Report

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 15/09/2023

Regulation Asia spoke to global law firm Slaughter and May during the launch of its publication on ESG reporting, transition planning and greenwashing across different APAC jurisdictions.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Launches Largest Ever Equity ETF to Drive Climate Action

By Editors | 14/09/2023

The SGX-listed fund is managed by BlackRock and anchored by Prudential, with additional backing from investors that include Temasek and Singlife.

Capital / Liquidity

UK FCA Intensifies Oversight of Bank Risk Assessment

By Editors | 13/09/2023

Risks from customers can affect a bank’s ability to have enough liquidity in challenging markets, the FCA’s Simon Walls said in a letter to bank CEOs.

ESG / Sustainability

How APAC Financial Institutions Can Meet Market Expectations on Nature

By Wolfram Hedrich | 13/09/2023

In the countdown to the TNFD framework launch, the region’s financial sector is still a long way from including nature risk in business decisions, says Wolfram Hedrich.

ESG / Sustainability

ASEAN Exchanges Agree on New Set of ESG Metrics

By Editors | 13/09/2023

Previously, Environment (E) and Social (S) metrics were developed. The exchanges have now agreed on complementary Governance (G) metrics.

ESG / Sustainability

OECD Launches Governance Principles for Green Transition

By ESG Investor | 13/09/2023

The revised G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance were also endorsed at the G20 Leaders Summit in India at the weekend.

ESG / Sustainability

Sri Lanka Revises Corporate Governance Rules for Listed Companies

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 12/09/2023

The revisions will help to build investor confidence and better align corporate governance practices in Sri Lanka with international standards.