Sustainability & ESG

    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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