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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.
Climate Risk
EBA Considers Assessing Climate in Regular Bank Stress Tests
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The EBA has kicked off high level discussions on how to incorporate climate risks in regular stress tests that take place every two years.
Sustainable Finance
China Designates 18 ‘Gatekeepers’ for Green Bond Market
By Darien Choong | 02/10/2022
The 18 firms, which include PwC, EY and Morningstar’s China units, will be responsible for evaluating and certifying green bonds and help to prevent greenwashing.
Trading & Investment
Singapore Exchange Launches Battery Metal Futures
By Editors | 02/10/2022
Contracts were launched in battery-grade lithium carbonate; lithium hydroxide; cobalt metal; and cobalt hydroxide.
Sustainable Finance
ISDA Analyses Regulatory Treatment of SLDs in Hong Kong
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The paper considers how SLDs would be classified and regulated, and the compliance issues for market participants to consider when executing SLDs.
Sustainable Finance
Fitch Flags Growing Pains for Sustainability-linked Bonds
By ESG Investor | 01/10/2022
Remedies needed to address misaligned incentives and lack of comparability in booming market, says ratings agency.
Climate Risk
Australian Investors Demand Further Climate Reforms
By ESG Investor | 30/09/2022
The Investor Group on Climate Change has outlined “high priority policies“ needed to “unlock capital” for Australia’s net zero transition.
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