ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

UK Proposes Climate Risk Requirements for Actuaries

By ESG Investor | 15/06/2022

The UK Financial Reporting Council proposes to require actuaries to include climate change and other ESG–related risks in the course of their work.

ESG / Sustainability

Green Funds Largely Unaligned with Paris Agreement – S&P

By ESG Investor | 14/06/2022

S&P looked at nearly 12,000 equity mutual funds and ETFs representing more than USD 20 trillion in market value. About 11% were aligned with the Paris goals.

ESG / Sustainability

US SEC Probes Goldman Sachs for Suspected Greenwashing

By Editors | 14/06/2022

The SEC is reportedly investigating whether disclosures made to clients accurately described the investment practices used by two Goldman funds.

ESG / Sustainability

Corporate Net Zero Targets on the Rise, But Credibility Lacking

By ESG Investor | 14/06/2022

Roughly 60% of companies with net zero targets have yet to specify whether carbon offsetting will feature in their decarbonisation strategies.

Securities / Derivatives

ASIC Issues New Guidance on Prevent Greenwashing in Funds

By Manesh Samtani | 14/06/2022

Being ‘true to label’ is a regulatory must-have when it comes to sustainability-related products, says ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester.

ESG / Sustainability

UK, Japan Formalise Arrangements on Regulatory Cooperation

By Editors | 13/06/2022

UK and Japan participants agreed to establish an innovation working group to provide a space for collaboration on payments, cryptoassets and financial innovation.

ESG / Sustainability

Bursa Malaysia Issues ESG Guidance for Listed Companies

By Editors | 13/06/2022

The guidance is issued as part of an initiative to help listed companies adopt best practices in areas such as governance and sustainability.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Prepares to Issue First Sovereign Green Bonds

By Darien Choong | 10/06/2022

Singapore authorities have published a framework setting out how the government will issue and manage sovereign green bond issuances.

ESG / Sustainability

Code of Practice Launches for Voluntary Carbon Markets

By ESG Investor | 10/06/2022

Google, Unilever and Hitachi have signed on to the new code, which aims to improve the integrity of corporate claims about the use of carbon credits.