ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

China Releases Framework for Sovereign Green Bonds

By Mark Johnston | 21/02/2025

The framework will be used as one of China’s key tools to help it achieve peak carbon by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.

Securities / Derivatives

UNEP FI Unveils Initiatives to Promote TNFD-aligned Disclosures

By ESG Investor | 21/02/2025

UNEP FI will work with the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative to help stock exchanges implement the TNFD recommendations.

ESG / Sustainability

Bank of Korea Calls for Green Finance Policy Reforms

By Thisanka Siripala | 20/02/2025

BOK report says a Korean version of transition finance should be introduced to complement green finance.

Big Picture

DBS, KPMG Find Climate Disclosure Gaps at HKEX Listed Firms

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/02/2025

More than half of the Hong Kong listed companies analysed are “still silent” on Scope 3 emissions, DBS and KPMG said.

ESG / Sustainability

HKMA Issues New Guide for Banks on Greentech Adoption

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/02/2025

The HKMA is urging banks to review the new practice guide and consider how greentech can be integrated into their operations.

ESG / Sustainability

TNFD Launches Two New Capacity-building Tools

By ESG Investor | 19/02/2025

By releasing the tools, the TNFD aims to respond to skill shortages on nature-related issues.

ESG / Sustainability

Korea to Revise Fund Manager Guidelines on Exercise of Voting Rights

By Thisanka Siripala | 18/02/2025

The FSS and KOFIA aim to incorporate international best practices in the guidelines, which were last updated in 2016.

ESG / Sustainability

New Zealand Issues Guidance on GHG Assurance Reports

By Thisanka Siripala | 17/02/2025

The guidance clarifies that only the GHG emissions disclosures within CREs’ climate statements are mandated for assurance by 31 Dec 2025.

ESG / Sustainability

ACMF Starts Work on New Action Plan for ASEAN Capital Markets

By Nithya Subramanian | 17/02/2025

The action plan, to be released by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum in October 2025, will serve as a five-year roadmap to advance ASEAN capital markets.