ESG / SUSTAINABILITY

Capital / Liquidity

FSC Korea Unveils Policy Plans for Insurance Sector

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 06/03/2021

The policy plans include measures to promote digital insurance products and establish standards for online platform services, among other measures.

ESG / Sustainability

EU: Delay to Finalised RTS Generates SFDR Uncertainty

By ESG Investor | 04/03/2021

Asset managers had hoped that finalised regulatory technical standards for Level 2 SFDR reporting would be available to assist preparations for Level 1 compliance.

ESG / Sustainability

Japan FSA To Review ESG Fund Labelling Rules

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/03/2021

Discussions with asset managers and fund distributors may start by June to assess whether rules for mutual fund labels can guard against greenwashing.

ESG / Sustainability

UK to Launch Post-Brexit Carbon Trading Scheme in May

By ESG Investor | 02/03/2021

The UK’s emissions trading scheme is “unlikely” to diverge too much from the EU’s regime, says Hæge Fjellheim, Head of Carbon Research at Refinitiv.

ESG / Sustainability

China, US to Co-Chair G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group

By Editors | 02/03/2021

The Sustainable Finance Study Group is being re-established after a two-year suspension, with the PBOC and the US Treasury as its co-chairs.

ESG / Sustainability

Malaysian FIs to Start Applying Climate Risk Taxonomy

By Editors | 02/03/2021

Financial institutions will begin capturing exposures based on the Climate Change and Principles-Based Taxonomy over the course of 2021.

ESG / Sustainability

SEBI to Issue ESG Disclosure Guidelines for Listed Companies

By Editors | 02/03/2021

Chairman Ajay Tyagi said SEBI will issue new guidelines “soon”, with a view to achieving greater transparency and accountability from listed companies on ESG.

ESG / Sustainability

BOJ, FSA to Analysis Climate Impacts on Banks This Year

By Editors | 02/03/2021

The BOJ will reportedly work with the FSA to analyse the impact of climate risks on banks in this year’s examinations.

ESG / Sustainability

Former SEC Chairman Embraces Climate-Related Disclosure

By ESG Investor | 01/03/2021

Jay Clayton had previously defended voluntary ESG disclosures as opposed to mandatory, insisting that flexible requirements would be effective.