ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

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.

ESG / Sustainability

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.

ESG / Sustainability

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.

ESG / Sustainability

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.

ESG / Sustainability

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.

ESG / Sustainability

China Relaunches Voluntary Carbon Credit Market

By Manesh Samtani | 26/01/2024

The revamped CCER scheme, which was initially launched in 2012 but then shelved in 2017, allows any enterprise to purchase carbon credits.

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Launches New Association to Drive Sustainable Finance Collaboration

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 25/01/2024

The Singapore Sustainable Finance Association aims to support the low-carbon transition and sustainable economic growth in the APAC region.

AML / KYC

BIS Focuses on Tokenisation, CBDCs, Green Finance Projects This Year

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/01/2024

BIS is ensuring “technology serves economically meaningful activities” as it advances its CBDC project and initiates a blockchain-based tokenisation project.

ESG / Sustainability

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.