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Structural Regulation
Japan FSA Set to Revise Corporate Governance Code
By Editors | 02/03/2021
The new code will require listed companies to have more independent board directors, promote management diversity, and improve environmental disclosures.
Climate Risk
Malaysian FIs to Start Applying Climate Risk Taxonomy
By Editors | 02/03/2021
Financial institutions will begin capturing exposures based on the Climate Change and Principles-Based Taxonomy over the course of 2021.
Reporting & Disclosures
SEBI to Issue ESG Disclosure Guidelines for Listed Companies
By Editors | 02/03/2021
Chairman Ajay Tyagi said SEBI will issue new guidelines “soon”, with a view to achieving greater transparency and accountability from listed companies on ESG.
Climate Risk
BOJ, FSA to Analysis Climate Impacts on Banks This Year
By Editors | 02/03/2021
The BOJ will reportedly work with the FSA to analyse the impact of climate risks on banks in this year’s examinations.
Climate Risk
Former SEC Chairman Embraces Climate-Related Disclosure
By ESG Investor | 01/03/2021
Jay Clayton had previously defended voluntary ESG disclosures as opposed to mandatory, insisting that flexible requirements would be effective.
Emerging Prudential Risks
IOSCO Publishes Work Programme for 2021-2022
By Editors | 28/02/2021
New priorities will be to address the risks of NBFI activities and risks exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic such as misconduct, fraud and operational resilience.
Sustainable Finance
Is a Global Taxonomy the ‘Investment Highway’ to a Net-Zero Transition?
By ESG Investor | 27/02/2021
ESG Investor talked to sustainable finance experts and stakeholders on the forms a global taxonomy should take to scale climate finance internationally.
Emerging Prudential Risks
FSB Work Plan to Focus on Addressing Covid Vulnerabilities
By Editors | 26/02/2021
The FSB says it will produce an assessment of initial lessons learned from the pandemic and a report on the factors needed for an orderly unwinding of support measures.
Reporting & Disclosures
SGX, OneConnect Partner to Develop ESG Reporting Platform
By Editors | 26/02/2021
The platform will help SGX listed companies to efficiently manage their sustainability disclosures, make them more transparent, and improve overall ESG performance in the long run.
Sustainable Finance
New Initiatives Announced to Promote Hong Kong Capital Market
By Manesh Samtani | 25/02/2021
Paul Chan spoke of measures to boost green bond issuance, launch southbound Bond Connect, expand Stock Connect, and subsidise REITs, fund managers and family offices coming to Hong Kong.
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