Sustainability & ESG

Nature & Biodiversity

UNEP FI Unveils Initiatives to Promote TNFD-aligned Disclosures

By ESG Investor | 21/02/2025

UNEP FI will work with the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative to help stock exchanges implement the TNFD recommendations.

Trading & Investment

Hong Kong Expands “Talent List” for Fast Track Immigration

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/02/2025

The updated talent list includes three additional financial services categories focusing on accounting, Islamic finance and commodities trading.

Sustainable Finance

Bank of Korea Calls for Green Finance Policy Reforms

By Thisanka Siripala | 20/02/2025

BOK report says a Korean version of transition finance should be introduced to complement green finance.

Reporting & Disclosures

DBS, KPMG Find Climate Disclosure Gaps at HKEX Listed Firms

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/02/2025

More than half of the Hong Kong listed companies analysed are “still silent” on Scope 3 emissions, DBS and KPMG said.

Sustainable Finance

HKMA Issues New Guide for Banks on Greentech Adoption

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/02/2025

The HKMA is urging banks to review the new practice guide and consider how greentech can be integrated into their operations.

Nature & Biodiversity

TNFD Launches Two New Capacity-building Tools

By ESG Investor | 19/02/2025

By releasing the tools, the TNFD aims to respond to skill shortages on nature-related issues.

Trading & Investment

Thailand Considers Reviving Long-Term Equity Fund Programme

By Mark Johnston | 19/02/2025

The LTF programme offered tax incentives to long-term investors in the stock market but ended at the end of 2019.

Reporting & Disclosures

New Zealand Issues Guidance on GHG Assurance Reports

By Thisanka Siripala | 17/02/2025

The guidance clarifies that only the GHG emissions disclosures within CREs’ climate statements are mandated for assurance by 31 Dec 2025.

Sustainable Finance

ACMF Starts Work on New Action Plan for ASEAN Capital Markets

By Nithya Subramanian | 17/02/2025

The action plan, to be released by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum in October 2025, will serve as a five-year roadmap to advance ASEAN capital markets.