Reporting & Disclosures

    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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