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Reporting on regulatory responses, risk management practices, and financial impacts of climate-related risks, including physical and transitional risks.
Reporting & Disclosures
HK FRC Establishes Sustainability & Climate Action Task Force
By Editors | 24/02/2022
The task force will provide high level recommendations on strategic actions the FRC should consider to promote sustainability reporting in Hong Kong.
Climate Risk
Singapore Govt, MAS to Extend Support for Businesses
By Editors | 21/02/2022
MAS is extending its SGD facility to support SME lending. Singapore will target net zero emissions by or around 2050, which was previously the target for halving emissions.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Interconnected Data: A Strategic Approach to Regulatory Compliance
By Bradley Foster | 14/02/2022
Bradley Foster and Murat Bozdemir discuss the need to have a strategic data framework in place to ensure regulatory compliance and set out operational best practices for the road ahead.
Reporting & Disclosures
EU Due Diligence Proposal Expected Before end-February
By ESG Investor | 10/02/2022
Investors and companies are urging the European Commission to adopt supply chain scrutiny rules “without further delay”.
Sustainable Finance
Thai SEC, UNDP Agree to Support Sustainable Capital Markets
By Editors | 10/02/2022
The UNDP and SEC will co-create a web-based tool to help listed companies measure and manage their impact on the SDGs, among other tools.
Structural Regulation
BOT Sets Out Plans for ‘New Financial Landscape’
By Mark Johnston | 07/02/2022
The BOT will introduce virtual bank licences, relax fintech investment limits for banks, promote open data, and establish TCFD aligned disclosure standards.
Reporting & Disclosures
PRI Calls for ISSB Prototype to go Further on Materiality
By ESG Investor | 07/02/2022
The PRI also recommends improvements with regard to interoperability, presentation of disclosure requirements and implementation.
Sustainable Finance
New IIGCC Net Zero Guidance for Private Equity Investors
By ESG Investor | 04/02/2022
The guidance outlines recommended scope, metrics and targets, and implementation actions investors can use when aligning PE assets with net zero ambitions.
Sustainable Finance
Tokyo Seeks Status as Asian Hub for Transition Finance
By Editors | 04/02/2022
Establishing Tokyo as a regional transition finance hub is part of a Kishida policy goal to create an “Asian zero-emission community”.
Reporting & Disclosures
ISSB Climate Standard Won’t Ignore Impact – IOSCO
By ESG Investor | 03/02/2022
Interoperability between reporting standards and across jurisdictions is key to establishing a global baseline, says IOSCO chair Ashley Alder.
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