Climate Risk

Reporting & Disclosures

SGX RegCo Urges REITs to Unlock Value, Brace for Stricter Climate Rules

By Nithya Subramanian | 18/09/2025

SGX RegCo will move towards a disclosure-based regime while tightening climate reporting standards, said Tan Boon Gin.

Reporting & Disclosures

ASIC Clarifies Audit Rules for Mandatory Sustainability Reports

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/09/2025

ASIC has detailed assurance requirements for new climate reports, including auditor independence, liability, and a phased-in approach.

Reporting & Disclosures

China Issues Detailed Guidance for Voluntary Sustainability Disclosure

By Editors | 16/09/2025

New guidelines detail double materiality assessments and value chain reporting, while introducing a proportionality principle to ease the compliance burden.

Sustainable Finance

Sri Lanka Cabinet Approves New National Climate Finance Strategy

By Nithya Subramanian | 12/09/2025

The strategy aims to attract private capital for climate resilience through incentives and partnerships, targeting key sectors like renewable energy.

Sustainable Finance

Hong Kong FSDC Report Spotlights Innovations in Impact Investing

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/09/2025

A new FSDC report showcases local case studies to demonstrate Hong Kong's strategic positioning to serve as a regional hub for channelling purpose-driven capital.

Reporting & Disclosures

New Zealand Proposes Climate Reporting Exemption for Foreign Firms

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/09/2025

The FMA is consulting on a plan to ease the compliance burden, with Australian firms set to be the first to benefit.

Sustainable Finance

20 More Lenders Join IFC's Alliance for Green Commercial Banks

By Nithya Subramanian | 11/09/2025

The new joiners include leading institutions from eight APAC markets, along with BNP Paribas, with collective assets exceeding USD 5.6 trillion.

Sustainable Finance

Laos Launches Climate and Sustainable Finance Hub with UNDP

By Nithya Subramanian | 11/09/2025

The hub will help mobilise resources and coordinate reforms as the country faces billions in financing needs ahead of its 2026 graduation from Least Developed Country status.

Climate Risk

ICJ’s Climate Opinion Has Given Australian FIs Another Thing to Worry About

By Blake Evans-Pritchard | 10/09/2025

Institutions may need to pay greater attention to investment and litigation risk