Sustainability & ESG

Reporting & Disclosures

Taiwan Amends Prospectus Rules to Accommodate ESG Funds

By Editors | 05/10/2022

The draft amendments specify the disclosures securities investment trust funds must make in their prospectuses if they are ESG-themed.

ESG Data

Thai Stock Exchange Launches New ESG Data Platform

By Editors | 05/10/2022

Phase one allows listed companies to submit ESG data to the platform. Phase two will enable the distribution of ESG data to the public domain within the Q2 2023.

Sustainable Finance

MAS Announces Initiatives to Promote Blended Finance

By Editors | 05/10/2022

S$5mn in grants will fund innovations in blended finance. The GFANZ APAC Network will develop guidance for FIs on phasing out coal power.

Capital Adequacy

Capital Rules Can Cushion Banks’ Fossil Fuel Exposure: Report

By ESG Investor | 04/10/2022

Prudential regulators should increase the risk weighting applied to major banks’ fossil fuel assets, Finance Watch says in a new report.

Climate Risk

BSP Issues Guidance for Banks on E&S Risk Management

By Manesh Samtani | 04/10/2022

Banks must develop ESRM systems that assess environmental and social risks arising from their operations, products, services, transactions, activities, and operating environment.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

TWSE Issues Governance Guidance for Listed Company Directors

By Editors | 04/10/2022

The guidance provides a reference for how independent directors should be selected, how they should perform their duties, and their role in audit committees.

Reporting & Disclosures

An Increasing Sense of Urgency

By ESG Investor | 03/10/2022

Satoshi Ikeda, Chief Sustainable Finance Officer at Japan’s Financial Services Agency, is targeting increased action among asset owners.

Sustainable Finance

FMSB Publishes Spotlight Review on Voluntary Carbon Markets

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/10/2022

The spotlight review details the key challenges of VCMs and offers recommendations to help in their transition into a mature asset class.

Climate Risk

Fed Plans Climate-risk Pilot for US Banks

By ESG Investor | 02/10/2022

The participating banks are Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo.