ESG / SUSTAINABILITY

ESG / Sustainability

Thailand Publishes Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 03/07/2023

Stakeholders are expected to adopt the taxonomy as a reference tool for policymaking, accessing green funding as well as managing climate risks.

ESG / Sustainability

The Philippines Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Report

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 03/07/2023

The Philippines’ central bank has plans to develop a taxonomy and provide regulatory incentives to encourage financing for sustainable investments.

Enforcement

CFTC Establishes Task Forces to Target Cyber Threats, Environmental Fraud

By Editors | 02/07/2023

The task forces will help the CFTC address cybersecurity issues, emerging technologies like AI, and fraud in carbon markets.

ESG / Sustainability

VCMI Introduces Carbon Offset Rules

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 30/06/2023

Companies must choose carbon credits that meet strict quality thresholds aligned with the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets Core Carbon Principles to make climate claims under the new VCMI rules.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS Issues Consultation to Include Coal Phaseout in Taxonomy

By Editors | 28/06/2023

MAS decided to issue a fourth consultation to include criteria for coal phaseout projects in the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS Proposes Industry Code for ESG Data Providers

By Editors | 28/06/2023

The code establishes industry standards of transparency in methodologies and data sources, governance, and conflicts of interest management.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS-SGX-CDSC Partnership to Expand Access to Climate Transition Data

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 28/06/2023

Work is scheduled to start in Q1 2024, with the goal of integrating MAS’ Project Greenprint’s ESGenome disclosure portal and CDSC’s Net-Zero Data Public Utility global repository of climate transition-related data.

ESG / Sustainability

Australia Issues Second Consultation on Climate Disclosures

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 28/06/2023

The Australian government is looking to enforce mandatory climate-related reporting obligations for the country’s largest companies and financial institutions starting from 1 July 2024.

ESG / Sustainability

EU ESG Ratings Rules Risk Regulatory Fragmentation

By ESG Investor | 28/06/2023

Proposed framework aims to tackle conflict of interest concerns, but fails to address “quality of raw ESG data”.