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News Coverage on regulatory mandates, standards and challenges in ESG reporting and sustainability disclosures for financial and non-financial entities.

Nature & Biodiversity
UNEP FI Unveils Initiatives to Promote TNFD-aligned Disclosures
By ESG Investor | 21/02/2025
UNEP FI will work with the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative to help stock exchanges implement the TNFD recommendations.

Trading & Investment
Hong Kong Expands “Talent List” for Fast Track Immigration
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/02/2025
The updated talent list includes three additional financial services categories focusing on accounting, Islamic finance and commodities trading.

Reporting & Disclosures
DBS, KPMG Find Climate Disclosure Gaps at HKEX Listed Firms
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/02/2025
More than half of the Hong Kong listed companies analysed are “still silent” on Scope 3 emissions, DBS and KPMG said.

Nature & Biodiversity
TNFD Launches Two New Capacity-building Tools
By ESG Investor | 19/02/2025
By releasing the tools, the TNFD aims to respond to skill shortages on nature-related issues.

Reporting & Disclosures
New Zealand Issues Guidance on GHG Assurance Reports
By Thisanka Siripala | 17/02/2025
The guidance clarifies that only the GHG emissions disclosures within CREs’ climate statements are mandated for assurance by 31 Dec 2025.

Sustainable Finance
ACMF Starts Work on New Action Plan for ASEAN Capital Markets
By Nithya Subramanian | 17/02/2025
The action plan, to be released by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum in October 2025, will serve as a five-year roadmap to advance ASEAN capital markets.

Climate Risk
SBTi Proposes Revision of Corporate Net Zero Standard
By ESG Investor | 14/02/2025
The revisions aim to ensure the Corporate Net Zero Standard works better for businesses and accelerates climate action.

Reporting & Disclosures
US SEC Expected to Roll Back Climate-Related Disclosure Rule
By Nithya Subramanian | 13/02/2025
Acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda called it “deeply flawed” and warned that it could inflict “significant harm” on the capital markets and the economy.

Reporting & Disclosures
Bangladesh Updates Guidelines on Environmental and Social Risk
By Nithya Subramanian | 12/02/2025
Banks will have to conduct deeper due diligence for financing infrastructure projects, assessing carbon emissions, biodiversity impact, and community displacement.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
US States Accuse Asset Managers of Downplaying China Risks
By Thisanka Siripala | 11/02/2025
While multiple firms are being targeted, much of the scrutiny is directed at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager.
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