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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
ISSB Commits to Driving Global Harmonisation in New Work Plan
By Editors | 27/06/2024
The new two-year work includes work to streamline and consolidate frameworks and standards for disclosures about transition plans.

Sustainable Finance
New Guidance Issued for Green Enabling Projects and SLLBs
By Editors | 26/06/2024
SLLBs, or “Sustainability-Linked Loan financing Bonds”, will enable issuers to finance or re-finance portfolios of sustainability-linked loans.

Reporting & Disclosures
Bursa Malaysia Opens Access to Sustainability Reporting Platform
By Nithya Subramanian | 24/06/2024
To date, the platform has primarily been used by early adopters. Bursa Malaysia said it can now be used by “all companies” of any size.

Supervision & Enforcement
UK FCA Opens First Climate-related Enforcement Investigation
By ESG Investor | 21/06/2024
The FCA revealed the existence of the enforcement investigation to environmental law charity ClientEarth in response to a Freedom of Information request.

Reporting & Disclosures
Australia Publishes New Sustainable Finance Roadmap
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/06/2024
The roadmap says mandatory climate-related financial disclosure requirements will commence for large companies and FIs from 1 January 2025.

Reporting & Disclosures
New Zealand Issues Guidance for Users of Climate Statements
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/06/2024
The new guides are intended to help users such as investors and lenders to understand the CRD regime and the information provided in climate statements.

Reporting & Disclosures
Hong Kong AFRC Calls for Greater Focus on Audit Quality
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/06/2024
The AFRC also expressed concerns regarding the current limitations of climate-integrated financial reporting and audit among Hong Kong listed companies.

Reporting & Disclosures
UN Working Group Issues Investor Guide on Human Rights
By ESG Investor | 18/06/2024
Most financial actors fail to connect human rights standards and processes with ESG criteria and investment practices, says UN working group.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
HKEX Proposes Enhancements to Corporate Governance Code
By Editors | 17/06/2024
The new requirements aim to enhance risk management as well as board effectiveness, independence and diversity.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
HKEX Launches New Online “Board Diversity Hub”
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/06/2024
The new online hub is intended to advance gender diversity and help listed issuers meet a December deadline to have at least one female board member.
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