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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
ASX Amends Listing Rules on Sustainability Reports, Employee Schemes
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/12/2025
ASX will no not automatically suspend firms for late sustainability reports and has revised its employee share scheme rules.

Structural Regulation
UK Proposes Overhaul of Benchmarks Regime, Easing Overseas Access Rules
By Manesh Samtani | 22/12/2025
New framework would only regulate systemic benchmarks, removing use restrictions and reforming access for foreign administrators, including those in APAC.

Reporting & Disclosures
Taiwan Finalises Financial Sector Regulations on Sustainability Reporting
By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2025
New rules require financial holding companies, banks, and bills finance firms to adopt the ISSB standards, with mandatory assurance for GHG emissions.

Climate Risk
NGFS to Issue New Climate Scenarios After Model Controversy
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/12/2025
The NGFS will publish new models in 2026 after a key academic study used in its long-term scenarios was retracted.

Reporting & Disclosures
Bursa Malaysia Launches Enhanced Sustainability Disclosure Format
By Nithya Subramanian | 18/12/2025
The enhanced format on the CSI platform is aimed at strengthening ESG reporting and aligning listed companies with global standards.

Sustainable Finance
Japan Amends Regulations to Align with New Carbon Credit Framework
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/12/2025
Rules for banks, insurers, and brokers have been updated to reflect new terminology for internationally-traded emission reduction credits, effective from 2026.

Sustainable Finance
China Launches Mechanism to Channel Funding into ‘Green Factories’
By Mark Johnston | 16/12/2025
The MIIT and PBOC have instructed financial institutions to establish dedicated work plans and incentives to support national-level green manufacturing projects.

Climate Risk
Splintering Political Unity Heightens Australia’s Climate Transition Risk
By Blake Evans-Pritchard | 16/12/2025
The Liberal Party’s backslide on net zero commitments risks weakening Australia’s credibility ahead of COP31 in November 2026.

Reporting & Disclosures
ASIC Releases First Educational Modules for New Climate Reporting Rules
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/12/2025
The resources aim to help smaller companies and suppliers understand mandatory sustainability disclosure requirements.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
SC Malaysia Proposes Overhaul of Corporate Governance Framework
By Nithya Subramanian | 15/12/2025
New discussion paper outlines reforms to strengthen board accountability, enhance disclosures and better protect shareholders.
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