Reporting & Disclosures

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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