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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
GRI Puts Human Rights at Heart of New Standards
By ESG Investor | 06/10/2021
Sustainability reporting body provides greater clarity on materiality, launches sector-specific standards, strengthens the governance disclosures.
Climate Risk
Derivatives Are “Essential” to Carbon Markets: ISDA
By Editors | 06/10/2021
Regulatory action is needed to address disproportionately high capital requirements that would be imposed on carbon certificates by FRTB.
Climate Risk
IAIS Warns of Climate Risks Faced by Insurance Sector
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 06/10/2021
The IAIS estimates more than 35 percent of insurers’ investment assets are “climate-relevant”, i.e. exposed to climate risks.
Emerging Prudential Risks
CBIRC Directs Banks to Finance Coal Amid Energy Crisis
By Editors | 06/10/2021
China’s energy crisis is the result of efforts to reduce domestic coal production to meet climate policy objectives, exacerbated by a ban on imports from Australia.
Sustainable Finance
HSBC, Temasek to Establish Platform to Fund Sustainable Infrastructure
By Editors | 04/10/2021
HSBC and Temasek, with support from ADB and Clifford Capital Holdings, will dispense over $1bn in loans through the platform within 5 years.
Sustainable Finance
Singapore Established Green Bonds Programme Office
By Manesh Samtani | 03/10/2021
The new office, under the Ministry of Finance, will help to catalyse sustainable finance and green investments, said minister Lawrence Wong.
Reporting & Disclosures
SEC Issues Climate Reporting ‘Wake-Up Call’ to Listed Companies
By ESG Investor | 29/09/2021
Letters from the SEC covering topics such as materiality demonstrate the agency’s commitment to climate, says Aniket Shah at Jefferies.
Sustainable Finance
BOJ to Finance Banks’ Green Loans, Green Bond Investments
By Editors | 28/09/2021
Lenders will receive zero-interest financing for the provision of green and sustainability-linked loans and investment in green and sustainability-linked bonds.
Climate Risk
Bursa Malaysia Pledges to Become Carbon Neutral by 2022
By Editors | 23/09/2021
Eight initiatives have been identified to support Bursa Malaysia’s ambitions to become carbon neutral and achieve net zero emissions.
Climate Risk
Australia Can Do More to Facilitate Sustainable Recovery: OECD
By Editors | 15/09/2021
The OECD recommends the creation of a roadmap for improving reporting of climate-related risks by listed companies and financial institutions.
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