ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

Biden Directs US Federal Agencies to Take Action on Climate

By Editors | 25/05/2021

Under an executive order, a comprehensive government-wide strategy on climate-related financial risk shall be developed within 120 days.

ESG / Sustainability

TDCC, Glass Lewis Announce Partnership on Proxy Reports

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/05/2021

The initiative will enable the TDCC to provide Taiwan issuers with proxy research reports, which will help to enhance transparency for investors.

ESG / Sustainability

Australia Tops ESG Performance Rankings for APAC

By Editors | 21/05/2021

Australia retained its first place spot in the biennial CG Watch report on ESG performance for APAC, ahead of Hong Kong and Singapore, which tied for second.

ESG / Sustainability

CFA Institute Proposes Harmonised ESG Disclosures for Funds

By ESG Investor | 20/05/2021

An exposure draft from CFA Institute outlines a proposed disclosure framework for ESG-focused investment products.

ESG / Sustainability

TPEX Launches Dedicated Sustainable Bond Market

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/05/2021

The new market allows an integrated listing and trading system to streamline issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds.

ESG / Sustainability

DBS, SGX, StanChart, Temasek to Launch Carbon Exchange

By Editors | 20/05/2021

‘Climate Impact X’ seeks to address a need for more high-quality carbon credits and promote active cross-border trading of such credits to drive global price transparency.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Sustainability Reporting Sees Marked Improvement: SGX

By Editors | 19/05/2021

In a joint review, SGX RegCo and NUS Business School found an overall increase in the depth and understanding of sustainability reporting.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Taskforce Issues Climate Disclosure Guide for FIs

By Editors | 19/05/2021

GFIT also announced a framework for green trade finance and published a roadmap to scale green finance in the real estate, infrastructure, fund management and transition sectors.

Big Picture

Conduct Risk Management Shifts to ‘Predict and Prevent’ Approach

By Manesh Samtani | 18/05/2021

In its annual Compendium on culture and conduct risk supervision, Starling highlights a shift from ‘detect and correct’ to ‘predict and prevent’.