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

    Malaysia Consults on Local Implementation of ISSB Standards

    By Editors | 18/02/2024

    IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 would be mandatory for Main Market issuers, and potentially ACE Market issuers and large non-listed companies.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Top ASEAN Exchanges to Jointly Develop Sustainability Ecosystem

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 15/02/2024

    The exchanges will reconvene in July to finalise the ecosystem’s implementation details, governance framework and operating structure.

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    Sustainable Finance

    ICMA Calls for Widespread Voluntary Adoption of Transition Plans

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 15/02/2024

    In a new paper, the industry body offers a model structure for integrated transition plans that align with IFRS, EU, UK and ICMA’s own standards.

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    Anti-Money Laundering

    LME Facing Lawsuit Over “Dirty Metals” Sourced from Indonesia

    By Editors | 14/02/2024

    The case could force the LME to revisit its rules for listing metals for trading, the London Mining Network and Global Legal Action Network said.

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    Nature & Biodiversity

    Investors Embrace GRI Biodiversity Standard, Acknowledge Systemic Risk

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 09/02/2024

    GRI’s Harold Pauwels tells Regulation Asia that the financial sector acknowledges that biodiversity impacts bring associated risks to investor portfolios.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Major Chinese Bourses Issue Sustainability Reporting Guidelines

    By Editors | 09/02/2024

    Companies in the SSE 180, STAR 50, SZSE 100, and ChiNext indexes, and those dually listed overseas, have to report in line with the new guidelines by 30 April 2026.

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    Sustainable Finance

    IIGCC Releases Derivatives, Hedge Funds Guidance

    By ESG Investor | 09/02/2024

    The guidance provides advice to hedge fund managers on how to report on the real-economy impact of their holdings and better support net zero investment strategies.

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    ESG Data

    Gprnt: Simplifying ESG Data Management for Financial Services

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 09/02/2024

    Industry experts anticipate the MAS-led digital ESG platform, Gprnt, will improve sustainability reporting across the real economy and financial sector.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Disclosure Progress “Much too Slow” – CDP

    By ESG Investor | 08/02/2024

    The number of firms disclosing rose 24% in 2023, but only slow progress is being made to improve the quality of climate and nature.

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    ESG Data

    EU Agrees Regulatory Approach for ESG Rating Providers

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 07/02/2024

    ESG rating providers will need to be authorised and supervised by the ESMA and comply with transparency requirements.

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