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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    Sustainable Finance

    Barclays Accused of Greenwashing for Oil Company Financing

    By Nithya Subramanian | 29/04/2024

    Environmental groups say Barclays misled the public by labelling its €4bn in financing for Italian oil company Eni as “sustainable”.

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    Malaysia Consults on Guidance to Enhance ESG Disclosures

    By Editors | 26/04/2024

    The guidance is aimed at enhancing ESG disclosures for five sectors, namely energy, transport & storage, construction & real estate, agriculture and manufacturing.

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    Sustainable Finance

    AVPN Launches Social Investing Platform in Singapore

    By Nithya Subramanian | 25/04/2024

    ImpactCollab launched with MAS support, offering due diligence resources to facilitate impact investing and philanthropic giving.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    UK FCA Proposes to Extend SDR Rules to Portfolio Managers

    By Nithya Subramanian | 25/04/2024

    The FCA is consulting on extending the SDR rules until 14 June and concurrently published anti-greenwashing guidance which takes effect on 31 May 2024.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Asia-first Transition Strategy Scouts Opportunities

    By ESG Investor | 25/04/2024

    Robeco’s Head of Fixed Income argues that the hunt for “perfect” forward-looking emissions data cannot stand in the way of progress.

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    Korea to Release Draft ESG Disclosure Standards Next Week

    By Editors | 24/04/2024

    The standards will make climate-related disclosures mandatory and non-climate-related ESG elements voluntary.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    ISSB to Start Research on Biodiversity, Human Capital Disclosures

    By Nithya Subramanian | 24/04/2024

    The research projects will focus on the information needs of investors and how these risks could affect the company’s prospects.

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    Preparations for Mandatory Climate Disclosures Must Start: ASIC

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/04/2024

    ASIC calls on companies to put in place systems, processes and governance practices that will be required to meet new climate reporting requirements.

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    HKEX Adopts Phased Approach to New Climate Disclosure Rules

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/04/2024

    All listed issuers will have to mandatorily disclose scope 1 and scope 2 emissions from 1 Jan 2025. Requirements drawn from the ISSB standards will be mandatory for large caps from 1 Jan 2026.

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    Sustainable Finance

    NZAOA Launches Fourth Iteration of Target-setting Protocol

    By ESG Investor | 22/04/2024

    Latest iteration of the alliance’s target-setting protocol expands coverage to private markets, providing more detail on sovereign debt.

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