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Sustainability & ESG
Credit Risk
Hong Kong Financial System Remains Resilient: IMF Staff
By Editors | 07/05/2023
IMF staff said credit risk will “likely continue to materialise”, and banks should properly recognise and provision for credit losses, including those from Mainland property exposures.
Sustainable Finance
LMA Publishes Model Provisions for Sustainability-linked Loans
By Editors | 07/05/2023
The model provisions provide a basic drafting framework to assist parties in the negotiation of documentation for sustainability-linked loans.
Nature & Biodiversity
Working Group Formed to Update Bank Guidance on Biodiversity
By Editors | 05/05/2023
The working group, co-led by Crédit Agricole SA, First Abu Dhabi Bank and UBS, will issue updated guidance for banks on setting and achieving biodiversity targets.
Reporting & Disclosures
ISSB Seeks Stakeholder Feedback on New Research Projects
By Editors | 05/05/2023
The ISSB is proposing to start work on three new sustainability-related research projects and a project researching integration in reporting.
Emerging Prudential Risks
ASEAN+3 Ministers Work to Bolster Regional Safety Net
By Editors | 04/05/2023
CMIM guidelines were updated to allow members to provide liquidity support in their own domestic currency and the local currencies of other members.
Sustainable Finance
ADB Unveils Climate Change Financing Programme
By ESG Investor | 04/05/2023
The programme targets the creation of $15bn in new loans for “much-needed” climate projects in the APAC region.
ESG Data
An Unregulated ESG Rating System Reveals its Flaws
By Hazel Ilango | 04/05/2023
ESG ratings are instrumental in facilitating investment decisions, but can disrupt the stability of financial markets if unregulated, says IEEFA’s Hazel Ilango.
Sustainable Finance
Australia: Taxonomy Needed to Effectively Combat Greenwashing
By Editors | 03/05/2023
Minister Stephen Jones said ASIC will only be able to catch the most egregious examples of greenwashing unless Australia gets its taxonomy right.
Reporting & Disclosures
ASIC Fines Future Super for Alleged Greenwashing
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/05/2023
ASIC fined Future Super Investment Services for “overstating the positive environmental impact” of its fund in a Facebook post.
Reporting & Disclosures
Korea’s ESG Disclosure Rules Will be Consistent with Global Standards
By Editors | 02/05/2023
The FSC will seek to ensure consistency with global standards and major markets to reduce the burden for domestic firms.
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