Sustainability & ESG

    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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