Sustainability & ESG

Reporting & Disclosures

Fitch Rating Analyses ESG Fund Regulation Globally

By ESG Investor | 13/03/2023

New Fitch report compares fund-level ESG regulatory developments across North America, Europe and Asia.

Climate Risk

EU Financial Regulators Testing Climate Transition Resilience

By ESG Investor | 13/03/2023

The European Commission has asked the ESAs to conduct an analysis of the financial system’s resilience as EU member states decarbonise their economies.

Nature & Biodiversity

Integrating Natural Capital and Biodiversity in the Investment Process

By Siva Ramachandran | 12/03/2023

Siva Ramachandran and Phoebe Chan call on investment professionals to integrate natural capital into their investment process, staff training and risk analysis.

Reporting & Disclosures

PNGX Proposes New Corporate Governance Code for Listed Firms

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/03/2023

The Code covers disclosures on policies for achieving gender equality and managing and reporting on environmental and social impacts.

Climate Risk

Australian Asset Owner Mandates Omit Climate

By ESG Investor | 10/03/2023

Only a “small number” issuing specific decarbonisation or net zero requirements; IGCC urges investors to “translate aspirations into action”.

Reporting & Disclosures

Bursa Malaysia, LSEG to Launch Sustainability Reporting Platform

By Editors | 09/03/2023

At Invest Malaysia 2023, funding incentives for the Bursa Carbon Exchange were also announced, along with other initiatives to increase the vibrancy of the Malaysian capital market.

Sustainable Finance

Malaysia Roll Outs of First “Greening Value Chain” Programme

By Editors | 08/03/2023

The initiative, announced last November, is designed to provide technical assistance and funding to help SMEs decarbonise their operations.

Reporting & Disclosures

ACCC Enforcement to Prioritise Misleading Environmental Claims

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/03/2023

The ACCC has established a new taskforce that will focus on sustainability and its intersection with competition and consumer law.

Sustainable Finance

GASLA Issues Updated Framework for ESG and Securities Lending

By Editors | 08/03/2023

The updated framework provides offers guidance to help financial institutions evaluate securities lending in the context of their ESG policies.