Sustainability & ESG

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.

Reporting & Disclosures

Panel 3: The Role of Data and Tech in Assessing and Managing ESG Risk

By Editors | 01/11/2022

This panel looks at how banks and governments are implementing ESG in their risk management processes and existing ESG stress testing models and the data and technology needed to quantify risks.

Credit Risk

NZ Banks ‘Well Placed’ to Withstand Stagflation Scenario: RBNZ

By Editors | 01/11/2022

The stress tests show that river and surface water flooding may be a greater climate-related hazard for residential mortgages than coastal flooding.

Sustainable Finance

Hong Kong Invites Firms to Provide Training in Green Finance

By Editors | 01/11/2022

Providers of green and sustainable finance-related training are invited to register their programmes for a capacity building support scheme launching later this year.

Reporting & Disclosures

SFDR Level 2 – Implications for SFC Authorised UCITS Funds

By Alwyn Li | 31/10/2022

Alwyn Li and Vincci Ip discuss pre-contractual disclosure requirements for SFDR Article 8 and Article 9 funds and the relevant regulatory requirements in Hong Kong.

ESG Data

Panel 2: Regulation & Standardisation: A Global Push towards Transparent ESG Data and Ratings

By Editors | 31/10/2022

To increase oversight and accountability, regulatory bodies such as IOSCO and the FCA have proposed the standardisation of ESG data and ratings. With good governance, rules and regulations to decrease operational risk, this panel explores how new standards can impact banks and FIs in their ESG data analysis and reporting.