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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
China Identifies Data Fraud Occurring in Carbon Market
By Darien Choong | 20/03/2022
Data verification firms were found to have tampered with emissions reports, published fake testing data, and fabricated coal samples sent for testing.
Reporting & Disclosures
SGX RegCo Announces Sustainability Training Courses for Directors
By Editors | 17/03/2022
Board directors of SGX listed equity issuers are required to undergo mandatory sustainability training and provide confirmation in sustainability reports.
Structural Regulation
HKEX Listing Committee Outlines Policy Agenda for 2022
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/03/2022
HKEX will review the IPO eligibility requirements for technology firms, optimise the IPO price discovery process, and enhance ESG standards and climate disclosures.
Reporting & Disclosures
IOSCO Seeks to Build Trust in Sustainability Reporting
By ESG Investor | 15/03/2022
IOSCO’s 2022 work plan for sustainable finance focuses on assurance, carbon markets and reporting standards.
Climate Risk
BOJ to Launch New Climate Survey in Fiscal 2022
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/03/2022
The survey will seek responses from market participants to assess the functioning of Japanese financial markets in relation to climate change.
Reporting & Disclosures
Japan FSA to Compel Listed Firms to Disclose Gender Ratios
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/03/2022
An FSA task force is discussing new rules that would require listed companies to disclose their ratios of women in managerial positions.
Reporting & Disclosures
Taiwan FSC Unveils Plans to Develop ESG Focused Industry Culture
By Editors | 09/03/2022
Investment firms will have to take ESG and climate considerations into account in investment decisions – even for non-ESG-themed fund products and proprietary trades.
Reporting & Disclosures
Greening Asia Through Data and Regulation
By Steven Yankelson | 09/03/2022
Effective and efficient ESG risk management and reporting practices can be enabled through better data and technology, says Steven Yankelson.
Sustainable Finance
APLMA, LMA, LSTA Publish New ESG Guidance Documents
By Editors | 06/03/2022
The guidance documents are intended to support the development of green, social, and sustainability-linked loans.
Climate Risk
APRA to Survey Regulated Entities on Climate Risk Management
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/03/2022
The survey will assess the alignment between current approaches used by regulated entities and the expectations set out in CPG 229 and the TCFD recommendations.
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