Sustainability & ESG

Reporting & Disclosures

Fireside Chat: Mitigating ESG Reputational Risks

By Editors | 02/11/2022

This session will look at how financial institutions are managing the reputational risk incumbent upon navigating the growing relevance of ESG issues within their wider businesses.

Climate Risk

Fireside Chat: Quantifying Real-world Impacts – Pricing ESG Risk

By Editors | 02/11/2022

This session looks at best practice approach to understanding the real-world impacts of climate change on their portfolios and how best to measure, manage, quantify and price these risks.

Sustainable Finance

Fireside Chat: Regulating Carbon Markets

By Editors | 02/11/2022

IOSCO’s Nathanail described the challenges across different jurisdictions in building functional, efficient and standardised carbon markets. She also discussed the incentives for jurisdictions to sell offset units to other countries, regulatory arbitrage issues, and the interplay between ETS schemes, VCMs, and carbon tax regimes.

Sustainable Finance

MAS, PBOC to Jointly Establish Green Finance Taskforce

By Editors | 02/11/2022

A number of Singapore-China initiatives were announced this week, including plans by SGX, SSE and SZSE to launch a Low Carbon Index Family by year-end.

Sustainable Finance

IDX, MVGX Partner to Develop Indonesia’s Carbon Market

By Editors | 02/11/2022

Indonesia Stock Exchange and Singapore’s MetaVerse Green Exchange will collaborate to develop a carbon exchange system in Indonesia.

Sustainable Finance

GFANZ Aims to Boost “Speed and Scope” of Net Zero Transition

By ESG Investor | 01/11/2022

Alongside the finalised transition framework for financial institutions, GFANZ issues updates on portfolio alignment metrics and policy levers.

Climate Risk

Panel 6: Transition Risks and Drivers for ESG Investing

By Editors | 01/11/2022

This panel looks at best practice approaches to understanding and managing the climate and broader environmental risks in portfolios and how can we ensure a just transition.

Sustainable Finance

Panel 5: The Case for Active Engagement

By Editors | 01/11/2022

This panel looks at how active engagement can contribute to transition efforts globally, and, in instances where it fails, how divestment should be a last resort.

Sustainable Finance

Panel 4: The Rise of Sustainability Linked Bonds

By Editors | 01/11/2022

This panel explores the strengths and potential limitations of SLB and ESG debt and measuring the performance of sustainability-linked projects to ensure companies are not engaging in greenwashing.