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Reporting & Disclosures
Asian Investors Raise the Bar on Gender Diversity: ASIFMA
By ESG Investor | 06/12/2022
ASIFMA has published guidance on investors’ expectations on gender diversity to support understanding, engagement and disclosures among issuers.
Climate Risk
Fed Board Proposes Climate Risk Framework for Large US Banks
By Editors | 06/12/2022
One governor said he disagrees with the premise that climate change poses a serious risk to large banks and US financial stability because stress tests show the banks are resilient.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Bursa Malaysia Publish Digitalisation, Nation Building Guidance for PLCs
By Editors | 06/12/2022
Five digital guidebooks have now been published under the PLC Transformation programme, to help deliver sustainable and robust financial performance from listed companies.
Nature & Biodiversity
GRI Consults on Biodiversity Disclosure Standard
By ESG Investor | 06/12/2022
The revised GRI Biodiversity Standard will be used to inform the CDP disclosure platform, and the TNFD disclosure framework for nature-related risks.
Trading & Investment
China Finalises New Rules to Encourage Panda Bond Issuances
By Editors | 05/12/2022
The rules do not impose restrictions on the retention of funds raised by panda bonds in China or remittances abroad.
Trading & Investment
CSRC Approves Silicon Derivatives on Guangzhou Futures Exchange
By Editors | 05/12/2022
China is the world’s largest industrial producer, consumer, and exporter of industrial silicon, which is used in solar panels, electronics and the automotive sector.
Climate Risk
BNM Finalises New Requirements on Climate Risk Management
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/12/2022
Governance, strategy, risk appetite and risk management requirements take effect on 31 Dec 2023; and scenario analysis and disclosure requirements one year later.
Sustainable Finance
Florida to Divest $2bn from BlackRock Over ESG Objections
By Editors | 05/12/2022
Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis describes BlackRock’s ESG strategy as a “social-engineering project” that has “nothing to do with maximizing returns”.
Reporting & Disclosures
The Legal and Regulatory Risks of ESG “Greenwashing” in Hong Kong
By Stephanie Tsui | 02/12/2022
Stephanie Tsui and Mark Lin at Hogan Lovells discuss the legal framework and tools available in Hong Kong to combat greenwashing behaviour.
Reporting & Disclosures
ASIC Fines Vanguard Australia for ‘Greenwashing’ in Funds
By Editors | 02/12/2022
Vanguard’s exclusion was meant to prevent investment in companies that sell tobacco products, but its screen only excluded manufacturers and not sellers.
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