ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

China Preparing to Issue New Rules for Green Funds – Report

By Editors | 22/12/2022

The new rules will require mutual funds and ETFs to have at least 60 percent of their assets in defined green investments to be eligible to be sold as green products.

ESG / Sustainability

CDP to Help Enhance Sustainability Reporting in Hong Kong

By Editors | 21/12/2022

A new Climate and Environmental Risk Questionnaire has been developed to help SMEs with sustainability reporting.

ESG / Sustainability

Japan FSA Issues Draft Supervisory Guidelines for ESG Funds

By Editors | 21/12/2022

The FSA issued draft guidelines outlining the checks that will be performed by supervisors to ensure ESG investment trusts are true-to-label.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Indonesian Lawmakers Pass Major Financial Sector Reforms

By Editors | 20/12/2022

The legislation changes the central bank’s mandate, shifts crypto sector oversight to OJK, makes a digital rupiah legal tender, and introduces a carbon trading framework.

ESG / Sustainability

Nature is Integral to Sustainability Reporting – ISSB

By ESG Investor | 20/12/2022

ISSB disclosure rules will reflect the connection between climate and nature, Chair Emmanuel Faber said at COP15 on Finance and Biodiversity Day.

ESG / Sustainability

Korea Establishes New Sustainability Standards Board Under KASB

By Manesh Samtani | 20/12/2022

The Korea Sustainability Standards Board will participate in international discussions and develop a new ESG disclosure system to be used domestically.

ESG / Sustainability

Bangladesh Launches New Refinance Scheme for Green Industrialisation

By Editors | 19/12/2022

Banks can borrow at 1% and on-lend the funds at 5%, to help borrowers finance new capital machinery and other equipment required for green industrialisation.

ESG / Sustainability

Malaysia Publishes ‘Climate Data Catalogue’, Identifies Data Gaps

By Editors | 19/12/2022

Malaysia’s JC3 says the data catalogue “represents a call to action” for stakeholders to collectively improve the availability and accessibility of climate data.

ESG / Sustainability

Japan Finalises Code of Conduct for ESG Data Providers

By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2022

The FSA is now calling on ESG evaluation and data providers to endorse the code of conduct, publish it on their websites, and notify the regulator.