ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

Integrating Natural Capital and Biodiversity in the Investment Process

By Siva Ramachandran | 12/03/2023

Siva Ramachandran and Phoebe Chan call on investment professionals to integrate natural capital into their investment process, staff training and risk analysis.

ESG / Sustainability

PNGX Proposes New Corporate Governance Code for Listed Firms

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/03/2023

The Code covers disclosures on policies for achieving gender equality and managing and reporting on environmental and social impacts.

Big Picture

Australian Asset Owner Mandates Omit Climate

By ESG Investor | 10/03/2023

Only a “small number” issuing specific decarbonisation or net zero requirements; IGCC urges investors to “translate aspirations into action”.

ESG / Sustainability

EBA Calls for Action Against Banks Without Mandatory Diversity Policies

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/03/2023

The EBA says competent authorities should take appropriate supervisory measures to ensure banks and investment firms comply with the EU’s mandatory diversity policy.

ESG / Sustainability

Bursa Malaysia, LSEG to Launch Sustainability Reporting Platform

By Editors | 09/03/2023

At Invest Malaysia 2023, funding incentives for the Bursa Carbon Exchange were also announced, along with other initiatives to increase the vibrancy of the Malaysian capital market.

ESG / Sustainability

Malaysia Roll Outs of First “Greening Value Chain” Programme

By Editors | 08/03/2023

The initiative, announced last November, is designed to provide technical assistance and funding to help SMEs decarbonise their operations.

Enforcement

ACCC Enforcement to Prioritise Misleading Environmental Claims

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/03/2023

The ACCC has established a new taskforce that will focus on sustainability and its intersection with competition and consumer law.

ESG / Sustainability

GASLA Issues Updated Framework for ESG and Securities Lending

By Editors | 08/03/2023

The updated framework provides offers guidance to help financial institutions evaluate securities lending in the context of their ESG policies.

ESG / Sustainability

New ISO Standard for Sustainable Finance Launched

By ESG Investor | 05/03/2023

The British Standard Institute has launched a sustainable finance standard to help ‘demystify’ principles for the market.