Sustainability & ESG

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    China Eyes Transition and Nature Taxonomies

    By ESG Investor | 26/05/2023

    Dr Ma Jun said the PBOC is working on a transition taxonomy and looking to create a nature-based taxonomy.

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    Sustainable Finance

    IIGCC Outlines Principles for Enhancing Net Zero Benchmarks

    By ESG Investor | 26/05/2023

    New IIGCC working group with Bloomberg, FTSE Russell, MSCI, and S&P Global aims to promote best practices and real-world emissions reductions.

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    ESG Data

    PITCH! REGTECH: ESG Data Needs to Be More Accurate 

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 25/05/2023

    Panellists at Regulation Asia’s PITCH! REGTECH conference said RegTech needs to be “creative” to help FIs manage ESG data.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Singapore Launches Sustainable Finance Training for Asset Managers

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 25/05/2023

    IMAS is introducing sustainable finance training courses to enhance capacity building within the asset management industry.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Malaysia Establishes Advisory Committee on Sustainability Reporting

    By Manesh Samtani | 24/05/2023

    The Committee will explore the enablers that would support the implementation of the ISSB Standards in Malaysia, and discuss matters related to assurance of sustainability statements.

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    Climate Risk

    NGFS Explores Short-Term Climate Scenarios

    By ESG Investor | 24/05/2023

    The NGFS is inviting modelling teams to participate and contribute to the development of short-term climate scenarios.

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    Sustainable Finance

    ELFA, ICMA Offer Practical Guidance on High Yield SLBs

    By Mark Johnston | 24/05/2023

    The ELFA and ICMA partnered to create guidance for the high yield bond market in line with ICMA’s Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles.

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    Nature & Biodiversity

    G7 Leaders Committed to Tackling Biodiversity Crisis

    By ESG Investor | 22/05/2023

    The G7 will “identify incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity by 2025″.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Indonesia Becomes First Asian Sovereign to Sell Blue Bond

    By Editors | 22/05/2023

    Indonesia sold a JPY 104.8 billion blue bond with four-tranches, less than two years after establishing a framework to do so.

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    ESG Data

    ICMA, LuxSE Launch New Sustainable Bond Database

    By Editors | 17/05/2023

    Data is available on more than 8,700 listed green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds aligned with ICMA’s Principles.

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