All posts tagged "Green Finance"
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449KoreaKorea FSS Calls on Financial Sector to Disclose Climate Risks
The FSS plans to release guidelines on the disclosure of environmental information and develop a tool to stress test financial resilience to climate risk.
September 24, 2020 -
628MalaysiaMalaysian FIs to Pilot Implementation of Climate Risk Taxonomy
This month, 12 financial institutions will commence a pilot to implement a principles-based taxonomy for classifying climate risk, one of a number of initiatives to build climate resilience.
September 17, 2020 -
1.5KInternationalNGFS Seeks Wider Adoption of Environmental Risk Analysis at FIs
The NGFS is calling for wider use of ERA in the financial industry, offering case studies to showcase the adoption of ERA tools and methodologies by some FIs.
September 11, 2020 -
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NGFS Publishes Two-year Work Programme, New Charter
A new NGFS workstream being created will identify missing data items needed for effective climate-related and environmental risk analysis.
September 7, 2020 -
1.2KChinaGreen Finance Alliance for Greater Bay Area Launches
The Alliance has been established to increase funding channels for green projects and guide government policies and investment projects.
September 6, 2020 -
922FeatureTaiwan FSC Unveils Green Finance Action Plan 2.0
The action plan seeks to promote green and sustainable financial markets, improve ESG disclosures, and establish a classification standard for the financial industry.
August 21, 2020 -
816Securities & TradingTaiwan to Introduce Social & Sustainability Bonds by Year End
Taiwan’s FSC will direct OTC market operator Taipei Exchange to develop new guidelines for issuing social and sustainability bonds.
August 6, 2020 -
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China Launches National Green Development Fund
The National Green Development Fund will be used to invest in key areas of green development along the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
July 31, 2020 -
635ChinaPBOC to Punish Banks Based on Green Finance Performance
The PBOC's branches will grade banks on their green finance performance quarterly starting in January 2021, using a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators.
July 27, 2020 -
2.4KContributed ArticleA Detailed Look at MAS’ Environmental Risk Management Guidelines
Grace Chong at global law firm Simmons & Simmons JWS analyses the key points of MAS’ proposed Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management, and sets out the key practical steps to be taken.
June 29, 2020
