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News Coverage on regulatory mandates, standards and challenges in ESG reporting and sustainability disclosures for financial and non-financial entities.
Reporting & Disclosures
IFC, CDP Offer Guidance on Environmental Disclosure Policies
By Editors | 08/12/2022
The policy recommendations are based on an examination of more than 100 disclosure practices across developed and developing economies.
Reporting & Disclosures
SEBI Planning Regulatory Changes in the ESG Space
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 07/12/2022
SEBI is planning to simplify its BRSR framework to take into account local market conditions, mandate ESG audits, and regulate ESG rating providers.
Reporting & Disclosures
Asian Investors Raise the Bar on Gender Diversity: ASIFMA
By ESG Investor | 06/12/2022
ASIFMA has published guidance on investors’ expectations on gender diversity to support understanding, engagement and disclosures among issuers.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Bursa Malaysia Publish Digitalisation, Nation Building Guidance for PLCs
By Editors | 06/12/2022
Five digital guidebooks have now been published under the PLC Transformation programme, to help deliver sustainable and robust financial performance from listed companies.
Nature & Biodiversity
GRI Consults on Biodiversity Disclosure Standard
By ESG Investor | 06/12/2022
The revised GRI Biodiversity Standard will be used to inform the CDP disclosure platform, and the TNFD disclosure framework for nature-related risks.
Climate Risk
BNM Finalises New Requirements on Climate Risk Management
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/12/2022
Governance, strategy, risk appetite and risk management requirements take effect on 31 Dec 2023; and scenario analysis and disclosure requirements one year later.
Sustainable Finance
Florida to Divest $2bn from BlackRock Over ESG Objections
By Editors | 05/12/2022
Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis describes BlackRock’s ESG strategy as a “social-engineering project” that has “nothing to do with maximizing returns”.
Reporting & Disclosures
The Legal and Regulatory Risks of ESG “Greenwashing” in Hong Kong
By Stephanie Tsui | 02/12/2022
Stephanie Tsui and Mark Lin at Hogan Lovells discuss the legal framework and tools available in Hong Kong to combat greenwashing behaviour.
Reporting & Disclosures
ASIC Fines Vanguard Australia for ‘Greenwashing’ in Funds
By Editors | 02/12/2022
Vanguard’s exclusion was meant to prevent investment in companies that sell tobacco products, but its screen only excluded manufacturers and not sellers.
Sustainable Finance
SOEs Undermine Credibility of China Green Finance Market
By Christina Ng | 01/12/2022
The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects.
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