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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    Climate Risk

    China Releases New Trading Rules for National Carbon Market

    By Editors | 06/02/2024

    The new regulations cover all the main aspects of carbon emission trading and address the issue of carbon emission data falsification.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    IESBA Proposes Ethics Standards to Improve Sustainability Reporting

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 31/01/2024

    The global standard-setting board conducted extensive outreach, including roundtables in Singapore and Sydney last year, for the development of new standards.

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    Structural Regulation

    WFE Announces 2024 Priorities For Exchange and Clearing Industry

    By Editors | 31/01/2024

    The WFE will focus on corporate governance, reinforcing CCPs, ESG issues, and new tech like crypto and AI.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    STACS Joins Malaysia’s SEDG Adopter Programme

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 29/01/2024

    Capital Markets Malaysia developed the programme last October to guide local SMEs in disclosing ESG data from their supply chains.

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    Sustainable Finance

    Taiwan to Launch Certification System for Sustainable Finance

    By Editors | 26/01/2024

    The certification is divided into two stages, the first for obtaining “basic abilities” and the second for “advanced abilities” in sustainable finance.

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    Climate Risk

    IIGCC Publishes Scope 3 Emissions Paper

    By ESG Investor | 26/01/2024

    The paper outlines investor perspectives on the importance and complexity of investee companies’ emissions in the context of achieving net zero portfolios.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    Hong Kong to Launch New Subsidy Scheme for Green Fintech

    By Manesh Samtani | 26/01/2024

    The scheme will provide early-stage funding for pre-commercialised green fintech companies, said Hong Kong official Salina Yan.

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    Structural Regulation

    Hong Kong SFC Outlines Strategic Priorities for 2024-2026

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/01/2024

    The SFC will explore potential connect initiatives with other markets, embrace tokenisation of traditional products, and introduce AI in its workflows.

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    Trading & Investment

    BIS Sets Out Priorities for Next Review of FX Global Code

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/01/2024

    BIS Market Committee Chair John Williams says the GFXC should expand adoption to more types of institutions and continue work on reducing FX settlement risk.

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    Reporting & Disclosures

    IFRS Foundation and GRI Publish GHG Emissions Reporting Guide

    By Mark Johnston | 23/01/2024

    The reporting guide shows how to report Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 GHG emissions using both the GRI and ISSB standards.

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