Climate Risk

Reporting & Disclosures

Taiwan Finalises Financial Sector Regulations on Sustainability Reporting

By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2025

New rules require financial holding companies, banks, and bills finance firms to adopt the ISSB standards, with mandatory assurance for GHG emissions.

Sustainable Finance

Malaysia JC3 Issues New Guidance on Sustainable and Transition Finance

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/12/2025

The new framework provides banks with criteria for assessing transition plans and aims to standardise definitions amid industry uncertainty.

Climate Risk

NGFS to Issue New Climate Scenarios After Model Controversy

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/12/2025

The NGFS will publish new models in 2026 after a key academic study used in its long-term scenarios was retracted.

Climate Risk

Splintering Political Unity Heightens Australia’s Climate Transition Risk

By Blake Evans-Pritchard | 16/12/2025

The Liberal Party’s backslide on net zero commitments risks weakening Australia’s credibility ahead of COP31 in November 2026.

Reporting & Disclosures

ASIC Releases First Educational Modules for New Climate Reporting Rules

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/12/2025

The resources aim to help smaller companies and suppliers understand mandatory sustainability disclosure requirements.

Reporting & Disclosures

HKEX Targets Annual Report Disclosures, Launches AI Tool

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/12/2025

HKEX’s review highlights gaps in management discussion and climate-risk reporting, and launches an AI tool to boost compliance.

Reporting & Disclosures

ISSB Issues Amendments to GHG Emissions Disclosure Standards

By Nithya Subramanian | 12/12/2025

The amendments ease companies’ reporting of GHG, offering practical relief and clearer guidance while maintaining the integrity and investor usefulness of climate disclosures.

Nature & Biodiversity

Financial Regulators Failing on Nature Risk Despite Climate Progress, WWF Says

By Manesh Samtani | 12/12/2025

A global assessment finds major gaps in addressing risks from deforestation and water stress, urging APAC regulators to act.

Sustainable Finance

WFE Paper: Governance Quality Key to Carbon Credit Pricing

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/12/2025

A new WFE paper finds rule of law, not project quality alone, explains lower prices for developing economy credits.