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Sustainable Finance
China Preparing to Issue New Rules for Green Funds – Report
By Editors | 22/12/2022
The new rules will require mutual funds and ETFs to have at least 60 percent of their assets in defined green investments to be eligible to be sold as green products.
Reporting & Disclosures
CDP to Help Enhance Sustainability Reporting in Hong Kong
By Editors | 21/12/2022
A new Climate and Environmental Risk Questionnaire has been developed to help SMEs with sustainability reporting.
Reporting & Disclosures
Japan FSA Issues Draft Supervisory Guidelines for ESG Funds
By Editors | 21/12/2022
The FSA issued draft guidelines outlining the checks that will be performed by supervisors to ensure ESG investment trusts are true-to-label.
Cryptocurrency
Indonesian Lawmakers Pass Major Financial Sector Reforms
By Editors | 20/12/2022
The legislation changes the central bank’s mandate, shifts crypto sector oversight to OJK, makes a digital rupiah legal tender, and introduces a carbon trading framework.
Reporting & Disclosures
Nature is Integral to Sustainability Reporting – ISSB
By ESG Investor | 20/12/2022
ISSB disclosure rules will reflect the connection between climate and nature, Chair Emmanuel Faber said at COP15 on Finance and Biodiversity Day.
Reporting & Disclosures
Korea Establishes New Sustainability Standards Board Under KASB
By Manesh Samtani | 20/12/2022
The Korea Sustainability Standards Board will participate in international discussions and develop a new ESG disclosure system to be used domestically.
Sustainable Finance
Bangladesh Launches New Refinance Scheme for Green Industrialisation
By Editors | 19/12/2022
Banks can borrow at 1% and on-lend the funds at 5%, to help borrowers finance new capital machinery and other equipment required for green industrialisation.
ESG Data
Malaysia Publishes ‘Climate Data Catalogue’, Identifies Data Gaps
By Editors | 19/12/2022
Malaysia’s JC3 says the data catalogue “represents a call to action” for stakeholders to collectively improve the availability and accessibility of climate data.
ESG Data
Japan Finalises Code of Conduct for ESG Data Providers
By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2022
The FSA is now calling on ESG evaluation and data providers to endorse the code of conduct, publish it on their websites, and notify the regulator.
Nature & Biodiversity
Weak Environmental Crimes Law a Risk to Investors
By ESG Investor | 19/12/2022
European Council’s position on the revised Environmental Crime Directive will damage portfolios as well as the environment, says WWF.
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