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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
Hong Kong Advances Work to Develop Green Finance Capacity, Talent
By Editors | 21/06/2022
Hong Kong will develop a GHG emissions estimation tool, a green classification framework, and adopt the ISSB standards when they’re ready.
Cryptocurrency
BIS Innovation Hub Announces New Set of Projects
By Editors | 20/06/2022
The first three Eurosystem Centre projects will focus on crypto markets, quantum-resistant cryptography for payments, and climate-related disclosures.
Sustainable Finance
Bank of China Issues First Notes Aligned to Updated CGT
By Editors | 17/06/2022
The Common Ground Taxonomy, first published in November by the EU and China, was updated following consultation.
Climate Risk
UK Proposes Climate Risk Requirements for Actuaries
By ESG Investor | 15/06/2022
The UK Financial Reporting Council proposes to require actuaries to include climate change and other ESG–related risks in the course of their work.
Reporting & Disclosures
Green Funds Largely Unaligned with Paris Agreement – S&P
By ESG Investor | 14/06/2022
S&P looked at nearly 12,000 equity mutual funds and ETFs representing more than USD 20 trillion in market value. About 11% were aligned with the Paris goals.
Reporting & Disclosures
US SEC Probes Goldman Sachs for Suspected Greenwashing
By Editors | 14/06/2022
The SEC is reportedly investigating whether disclosures made to clients accurately described the investment practices used by two Goldman funds.
Climate Risk
Corporate Net Zero Targets on the Rise, But Credibility Lacking
By ESG Investor | 14/06/2022
Roughly 60% of companies with net zero targets have yet to specify whether carbon offsetting will feature in their decarbonisation strategies.
Reporting & Disclosures
ASIC Issues New Guidance on Prevent Greenwashing in Funds
By Manesh Samtani | 14/06/2022
Being ‘true to label’ is a regulatory must-have when it comes to sustainability-related products, says ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester.
Reporting & Disclosures
Bursa Malaysia Issues ESG Guidance for Listed Companies
By Editors | 13/06/2022
The guidance is issued as part of an initiative to help listed companies adopt best practices in areas such as governance and sustainability.
Sustainable Finance
Singapore Prepares to Issue First Sovereign Green Bonds
By Darien Choong | 10/06/2022
Singapore authorities have published a framework setting out how the government will issue and manage sovereign green bond issuances.
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