ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

Taiwan Carbon Exchange to Launch First Credits by Year End

By Manesh Samtani | 19/10/2023

TCX chairman Sherman Lin said international carbon credits will be available before domestic carbon credits, which might take until 2025.

ESG / Sustainability

Malaysia Helps SMEs Navigate Complex ESG Frameworks

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 19/10/2023

CMM’s Navina Balasingam shares that Malaysia is the first country globally to introduce simplified ESG disclosure guidance for SMEs in supply chains.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS Issues Net Zero Transition Planning Guidelines for FIs

By Manesh Samtani | 19/10/2023

Banks, insurers, and asset managers must “actively support” borrowers, insured parties, and investee companies to progressively decarbonise.

ESG / Sustainability

ASEAN Regulators Endorse Transition Finance Guidance, CIS Handbook

By Manesh Samtani | 18/10/2023

The transition finance guidance and handbook for cross-border offerings of sustainable funds were endorsed at the 39th ACMF Chairs’ Meeting.

ESG / Sustainability

ESG Reporting’s Evolution and Convergence

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 18/10/2023

ERM’s Matt Klein and Andrew Radcliff discuss the convergence of sustainability regulations and the equally important social component of ESG.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS Asks Firms to Pilot Transactions in “Transition Credits”

By Mark Johnston | 17/10/2023

Ravi Menon is seeking support from the industry to help develop transition credits that can be used to reduce the economic gap from retiring coal plants early.

ESG / Sustainability

Korea Postpones Implementation of ESG Disclosure Rules

By Manesh Samtani | 17/10/2023

Korean regulators will postpone the introduction of a mandatory ESG disclosure system for listed companies for at least a year.

ESG / Sustainability

KRX Revises Guidelines for Corporate Governance Reporting

By Mark Johnston | 17/10/2023

The revisions will improve disclosures in areas like dividends, shareholder communications, capital raisings, board diversity, and remuneration.

ESG / Sustainability

Lessons on Green Banking from Crédit Agricole CIB

By Editors | 16/10/2023

New paper shares practices adopted by Crédit Agricole CIB to set up its green development strategy and integrating climate and sustainability into core banking.