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Reporting on regulatory responses, risk management practices, and financial impacts of climate-related risks, including physical and transitional risks.
Emerging Prudential Risks
FSB Work Plan to Focus on Addressing Covid Vulnerabilities
By Editors | 26/02/2021
The FSB says it will produce an assessment of initial lessons learned from the pandemic and a report on the factors needed for an orderly unwinding of support measures.
Climate Risk
More Than Half of Asian Investor Group Mull Net Zero by 2050
By ESG Investor | 24/02/2021
Survey results from the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change suggest that growing appetite is being blocked by lack of investable opportunities.
Sustainable Finance
China State Council Issues Guideline to Support Green Initiatives
By Manesh Samtani | 23/02/2021
The guideline indicates that green finance initiatives will be given a greater weighting in financial institutions’ performance evaluations.
Sustainable Finance
Trade Bodies Set Out Framework for US Transition to Low-Carbon
By Editors | 18/02/2021
The framework sets out ten principles to inform the policymaking process and catalyse the transition to a more sustainable and inclusive low-carbon economy.
Sustainable Finance
Budget 2021: Singapore to Finance Infrastructure with Green Bonds
By Manesh Samtani | 17/02/2021
The issuance will help deepen market liquidity for green bonds, and attract green issuers, capital, and investors to Singapore, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.
Sustainable Finance
PBOC to Step Up Efforts to Advance Green Finance Agenda
By Manesh Samtani | 11/02/2021
A comparative study is about to be completed, which will pave the way for the launch of a China-EU Shared Classification Catalogue for Green Finance later this year.
Sustainable Finance
State-owned Firms Issue China’s First Carbon-neutral Bonds
By Editors | 10/02/2021
The bonds reportedly received a lukewarm response from investors who are seeking higher yields amid signs of tighter liquidity.
Climate Risk
China Set to Establish National Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme
By Editors | 08/02/2021
In the first phase, a total of 2,225 power utilities have been assigned carbon emissions limits, representing 30 percent of China’s total emissions.
Climate Risk
ASIC to Consider Enforcement Action for Climate Risk Disclosure Failures
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 07/02/2021
ASIC says the law requires climate risk to be included in OFR disclosures, particularly when it is a material risk that could affect financial performance.
Sustainable Finance
Industry Taskforce Publishes Blueprint for Creating Carbon Market
By Editors | 02/02/2021
The blueprint comprises 20 tangible actions to deliver a large-scale, voluntary carbon market and a roadmap for implementation.
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