Sustainability & ESG

Reporting & Disclosures

ISSB Publishes First Sustainability Reporting Standards

By ESG Investor | 31/03/2022

The ISSB requests feedback on general and climate-focused disclosure drafts, which will be finalised by end of 2022.

Climate Risk

Indian Banks ‘Unprepared’ to Fight Climate Change: Report

By Editors | 31/03/2022

A report from Climate Risk Horizons finds that most Indian banks have not yet factored climate change into their business strategies.

Sustainable Finance

Hong Kong to Develop VCM, Unify GBA Carbon Market

By Manesh Samtani | 31/03/2022

Hong Kong’s VCM will target local, Mainland and overseas buyers of carbon credits. Authorities will also work to establish a unified carbon market for the GBA.

Sustainable Finance

China Outlines Green Development Principles for Belt and Road

By Darien Choong | 31/03/2022

Chinese firms will be encouraged to establish overseas equity investment funds focusing on green and low-carbon sectors, and cooperate on investment in green industries.

Trading & Investment

HKEX Sets Out Vision to Build ‘Marketplace of the Future’

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/03/2022

HKEX will introduce a new platform for ESG-related products, ETF connect schemes with the mainland, more yuan products, and more listing reforms.

Cloud & Infrastructure

BOT Offers Update on Transition to Sustainable Digital Economy

By Editors | 29/03/2022

The BOT will publish a virtual bank licensing framework by Q2 2022, and directions on its open banking policy in Q3 2022.

Sustainable Finance

CBSL to Incentivise Green Finance, Create Taxonomy

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 29/03/2022

Sri Lanka’s banks and the private sector need to be incentivised to make investments in low carbon energy projects, the CBSL said.

Sustainable Finance

Malaysia in Talks to Harmonise Carbon Trading

By Editors | 29/03/2022

The establishment of a single carbon trading market for Malaysia will help to avoid fragmentation across the country.

Nature & Biodiversity

NGFS Forms New Task Force to Address Nature-related Risks

By Manesh Samtani | 28/03/2022

The extent and severity of the physical and transition risks linked to biodiversity loss will be more difficult for the financial industry to assess than for climate change.