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Nature & Biodiversity
TNFD Launches Collaborative Initiatives to Refine Reporting Framework
By ESG Investor | 24/05/2022
TNFD consultation groups from Australia and New Zealand, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK have been formed.
Climate Risk
NGFS Issues Reports on Climate-related Risks and Ratings
By Editors | 24/05/2022
Two new reports shed light on the extent to which climate risks are taken into account by FIs and affect credit ratings.
Sustainable Finance
Sustainable Exchanges Partnership Increases Emerging Markets Focus
By Editors | 23/05/2022
UN SSE and IFC will work to advance gender equality and support the adoption and implementation of sustainable finance products.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
ASIC Cautions Against Purchasing ‘Fake Green Bonds’
By Editors | 21/05/2022
ASIC says retail investors who are approached to invest in green bonds should ask their banks for help to check the legitimacy of the offer.
Emerging Prudential Risks
ASEAN+3 Ministers Pledge to Maintain Regional Stability
By Editors | 19/05/2022
The CMIM is being enhanced to allow ASEAN+3 members to use their own and each other’s local currencies for CMIM liquidity support.
Sustainable Finance
Tokyo Bourse to Pilot Carbon Market in September
By Editors | 17/05/2022
The TSE has been commissioned to develop Japan’s first carbon credits market. Full-scale operations will be launched in FY2023-2024.
ESG Data
Singapore Launches ESG Registry Under Project Greenprint
By Manesh Samtani | 17/05/2022
STACS says the registry will provide financial institutions, corporates, and regulators access to quality ESG certifications and data.
Climate Risk
Near-term Economic Climate Change Impacts “Harder to Ignore”
By ESG Investor | 17/05/2022
New report says the near-term impacts of climate change are becoming ever harder for financial institutions to ignore.
Sustainable Finance
Bursa Malaysia, CIMB Collaborate to Drive ESG Adoption
By Editors | 16/05/2022
CIMB becomes the fourth bank overall, and first home-grown bank, to collaborate with Bursa Malaysia on its #financing4ESG initiative.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Bank Culture Regarded as Critical Governance Priority: Report
By Manesh Samtani | 16/05/2022
Financial regulators are prioritising psychological safety, ‘speak up’ culture, and the ability to “predict and prevent” stakeholder harm, says a report from Starling.
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