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Sustainability & ESG
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.
Sustainable Finance
New ISO Standard for Sustainable Finance Launched
By ESG Investor | 05/03/2023
The British Standard Institute has launched a sustainable finance standard to help ‘demystify’ principles for the market.
Reporting & Disclosures
ACCC Internet Sweep Reveals Widespread Greenwashing by Businesses
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/03/2023
Out of 247 businesses reviewed during the ACC’s internet sweep, 57 percent made “concerning claims about their environmental credentials”.
Reporting & Disclosures
Japan Sets Timeline for Domestic Implementation of ISSB Standards
By Editors | 03/03/2023
Japan will issue draft sustainability disclosure standards based on the ISSB standards by 31 March 2024, and final standards by 31 March 2025.
Sustainable Finance
UK, Singapore Establish ‘Green Economy’ Cooperative Framework
By Editors | 03/03/2023
The UK and Singapore will cooperate in the areas set out under three pillars – one being carbon markets and sustainable finance.
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