ESG / SUSTAINABILITY

ESG / Sustainability

BSP Signs UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/08/2023

Becoming a PRI signatory will help the BSP enhance its integration of ESG factors in its investment process and decision-making.

ESG / Sustainability

Asian Banks Underestimating Physical Climate Risk – AIGCC

By ESG Investor | 22/08/2023

AIGCC and China Water Risk call on banks to review their stress testing approaches for sectors that are vulnerable to sea level rise.

ESG / Sustainability

Nature “Consistently Overlooked” by Financial Institutions – CDP

By ESG Investor | 22/08/2023

The majority of institutions “lack the necessary governance mechanisms and board-level expertise” to integrate nature-related issues across operations.

ESG / Sustainability

Rating Stability at Risk from Looming Climate Downgrades

By Hazel Ilango | 21/08/2023

Hazel Ilango discusses the need for a more sustainable, relevant and effective credit rating system that better accounts for climate-related risks.

ESG / Sustainability

UNDP Launches Open Source Carbon Registry Software

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 21/08/2023

The registry is the first of its kind in allowing countries to duplicate and customise its open-source code to suit their specific requirements.

ESG / Sustainability

Verra Heightens Transparency with Carbon Credit Project Tracker

By ESG Investor | 18/08/2023

New tool is part of a broad push by the industry to increase carbon credit integrity by harnessing technology innovation.

ESG / Sustainability

DBS Partners TÜV SÜD to Provide Sustainability Assurance to Companies

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 17/08/2023

The collaboration aims to promote sustainability best practices, amid Singapore’s proposed mandatory climate reporting and increasing demand for sustainability-related training.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Euronext Amsterdam Lists Europe’s First Spot Bitcoin ETF

By Editors | 16/08/2023

The ETF is managed by Jacobi Asset Management and uses the FT Wilshire Bitcoin Blended Price Index as its reference.

ESG / Sustainability

US SEC Scrutinising ESG Marketing by Fund Managers – Report

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/08/2023

The SEC’s enforcement division sent document requests to several asset managers seeking information about their ESG strategies and marketing prepositions.