ESG / Sustainability

    Enforcement

    US SEC Forms Task Force to Pursue ESG-related Misconduct

    By Editors | 08/03/2021

    The task force’s initial focus will be to identify material gaps or misstatements in issuers’ disclosure of climate risks under existing rules.

    ESG / Sustainability

    SGX Acquires Stake in Rubber Trading Platform HeveaConnect

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 08/03/2021

    The investment will bolster HeveaConnect’s capability as a price discovery platform for sustainable natural rubber, in line with SGX’s recent focus on 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.

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