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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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Too Much Leeway Offered by Updated ASEAN Taxonomy

    By ESG Investor | 07/03/2024

    Second version of the voluntary guidance limits utility to investors by allowing companies and countries to “pick and choose”.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    SGX RegCo Consults On Integrating ISSB Standards Into Listing Rules

    By Nithya Subramanian | 07/03/2024

    SGX RegCo proposes to make it mandatory for listed companies to report on sustainability, compared to the current “comply or explain” approach.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Philippine SEC Adopts Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/03/2024

    The SEC said issuers of securities should refer to the taxonomy when making investment decisions or designing sustainable financial products and services.

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    Trading & Investment

    Japan’s Market and Corporate Reforms – New Dawn or Déjà Vu?

    By Gavin Blair | 05/03/2024

    Reforms to boost the capital market and asset management sector are driving optimism in Japan.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    JPX Develops Method to Automate TCFD Disclosure Checks

    By Mark Johnston | 05/03/2024

    Large language models are used evaluate securities reports to check whether recommended TCFD disclosures were made.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Japan to Require Emissions Disclosures from Top-tier Firms

    By Editors | 05/03/2024

    The FSA is expected to release draft standards by end-March proposing requirements for Prime Market companies to disclose supply chain emissions data.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Shanghai Bourse to Launch ESG Index for STAR Market

    By Mark Johnston | 04/03/2024

    The index will track the ESG performance of 50 listed companies on the STAR Market, using a comprehensive evaluation system.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Singapore Offers Grants to Help Firms in Sustainability Reporting

    By Nithya Subramanian | 04/03/2024

    The grant will help companies cover a portion of their costs in producing their first sustainability report in Singapore.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Malaysia to Ramp Up Focus on Nature Risk, Transition Finance

    By Manesh Samtani | 04/03/2024

    The Joint Committee on Climate Change also pledged continued transition support for SMEs, and to launch new training in Q2 2024.

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    Climate Risk

    RBI Issues Draft Disclosure Framework for Climate Risk

    By Ajoy K Das | 01/03/2024

    Disclosures on governance, strategy and risk management will start from fiscal 2026, and on metrics and targets from fiscal 2028.

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