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News Coverage on regulatory mandates, standards and challenges in ESG reporting and sustainability disclosures for financial and non-financial entities.
Sustainable Finance
PBOC to Step Up Efforts to Advance Green Finance Agenda
By Manesh Samtani | 11/02/2021
A comparative study is about to be completed, which will pave the way for the launch of a China-EU Shared Classification Catalogue for Green Finance later this year.
Reporting & Disclosures
CSRC Proposes Enhanced Investor Relations Management Rules
By Editors | 10/02/2021
The guidelines emphasise four principles of investor relationship management, and include an obligation for listed companies to disclose ESG information to investors.
Climate Risk
China Set to Establish National Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme
By Editors | 08/02/2021
In the first phase, a total of 2,225 power utilities have been assigned carbon emissions limits, representing 30 percent of China’s total emissions.
Climate Risk
ASIC to Consider Enforcement Action for Climate Risk Disclosure Failures
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 07/02/2021
ASIC says the law requires climate risk to be included in OFR disclosures, particularly when it is a material risk that could affect financial performance.
Structural Regulation
CBIRC Issues Draft Guidelines on Corporate Governance
By Editors | 05/02/2021
The guidelines formalise obligations for banks and insurers to integrate Communist Party leadership in the governance of state-owned and private banks and insurers.
ESG Data
Is it Time to Regulate ESG Scores and Ratings?
By ESG Investor | 03/02/2021
End-users are seeking more transparency around cost and methodology to improve comparability across third-party vendors.
Reporting & Disclosures
IFRS Foundation Announces Next Steps for Sustainability Standards
By ESG Investor | 03/02/2021
The Sustainability Standards Board – widely supported across the investment industry – will be established in time for COP26 in November.
Sustainable Finance
FSC Korea Outlines Additional Green Finance Initiatives
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/01/2021
The FSC plans to draw up a climate risk management and oversight plan for FIs by March and develop a green taxonomy within H1.
Reporting & Disclosures
Singapore Taskforce Proposes Taxonomy for Identifying Green Activities
By Editors | 29/01/2021
The taxonomy draws on the theoretical underpinnings of the EU taxonomy and proposes a traffic-light system which sets out how activities are classified.
Sustainable Finance
Hong Kong Government Prices First Ever 30 Year Green Bond
By Editors | 28/01/2021
Hong Kong has priced the first ever 30-year green bond by an Asian government and the longest tenor bond in its history.
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