Climate Risk

    Reporting on regulatory responses, risk management practices, and financial impacts of climate-related risks, including physical and transitional risks.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Japan Becomes First Sovereign to Issue Climate Transition Bonds

    By Editors | 15/02/2024

    Japan sold JPY 800 billion of 10-year climate transition bonds and plans to sell a further tranche of 5-year bonds later this month.

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    Climate Risk

    ISDA Develops Climate Scenarios for the Trading Book

    By Manesh Samtani | 14/02/2024

    The climate scenarios were developed in the second half of 2023 during a pilot exercise with more than 30 banks.

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    Anti-Money Laundering

    LME Facing Lawsuit Over “Dirty Metals” Sourced from Indonesia

    By Editors | 14/02/2024

    The case could force the LME to revisit its rules for listing metals for trading, the London Mining Network and Global Legal Action Network said.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Major Chinese Bourses Issue Sustainability Reporting Guidelines

    By Editors | 09/02/2024

    Companies in the SSE 180, STAR 50, SZSE 100, and ChiNext indexes, and those dually listed overseas, have to report in line with the new guidelines by 30 April 2026.

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    ESG Data

    Gprnt: Simplifying ESG Data Management for Financial Services

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 09/02/2024

    Industry experts anticipate the MAS-led digital ESG platform, Gprnt, will improve sustainability reporting across the real economy and financial sector.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Disclosure Progress “Much too Slow” – CDP

    By ESG Investor | 08/02/2024

    The number of firms disclosing rose 24% in 2023, but only slow progress is being made to improve the quality of climate and nature.

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    Climate Risk

    China Releases New Trading Rules for National Carbon Market

    By Editors | 06/02/2024

    The new regulations cover all the main aspects of carbon emission trading and address the issue of carbon emission data falsification.

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    Climate Risk

    New Climate Risk Data Platform for FIs Goes Live in Taiwan

    By Editors | 01/02/2024

    The FSC said the platform will help FIs in developing models, disclosing information, conducting scenario analysis, and performing stress tests.

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    Climate Risk

    IIGCC Publishes Scope 3 Emissions Paper

    By ESG Investor | 26/01/2024

    The paper outlines investor perspectives on the importance and complexity of investee companies’ emissions in the context of achieving net zero portfolios.

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    Sustainable Finance

    China Relaunches Voluntary Carbon Credit Market

    By Manesh Samtani | 26/01/2024

    The revamped CCER scheme, which was initially launched in 2012 but then shelved in 2017, allows any enterprise to purchase carbon credits.

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