ESG / Sustainability

    ESG / Sustainability

    Fed Board Proposes Climate Risk Framework for Large US Banks

    By Editors | 06/12/2022

    One governor said he disagrees with the premise that climate change poses a serious risk to large banks and US financial stability because stress tests show the banks are resilient.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Bursa Malaysia Publish Digitalisation, Nation Building Guidance for PLCs

    By Editors | 06/12/2022

    Five digital guidebooks have now been published under the PLC Transformation programme, to help deliver sustainable and robust financial performance from listed companies.

    ESG / Sustainability

    GRI Consults on Biodiversity Disclosure Standard

    By ESG Investor | 06/12/2022

    The revised GRI Biodiversity Standard will be used to inform the CDP disclosure platform, and the TNFD disclosure framework for nature-related risks.

    ESG / Sustainability

    BNM Finalises New Requirements on Climate Risk Management

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/12/2022

    Governance, strategy, risk appetite and risk management requirements take effect on 31 Dec 2023; and scenario analysis and disclosure requirements one year later.

    AML / KYC

    Swimming in Dirty Money: It’s Time to Dive Below the Surface

    By Tom Keatinge | 05/12/2022

    The failure to address the illicit finance in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is a glaring omission, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Florida to Divest $2bn from BlackRock Over ESG Objections

    By Editors | 05/12/2022

    Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis describes BlackRock’s ESG strategy as a “social-engineering project” that has “nothing to do with maximizing returns”.

    ESG / Sustainability

    The Legal and Regulatory Risks of ESG “Greenwashing” in Hong Kong

    By Stephanie Tsui | 02/12/2022

    Stephanie Tsui and Mark Lin at Hogan Lovells discuss the legal framework and tools available in Hong Kong to combat greenwashing behaviour.

    ESG / Sustainability

    ASIC Fines Vanguard Australia for ‘Greenwashing’ in Funds

    By Editors | 02/12/2022

    Vanguard’s exclusion was meant to prevent investment in companies that sell tobacco products, but its screen only excluded manufacturers and not sellers.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS Grants MetaComp Licence to Offer DPT Services in Singapore

    By Editors | 01/12/2022

    MetaComp, a unit of MetaVerse Green Exchange, is now able to offer regulated digital payment token services in Singapore.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SOEs Undermine Credibility of China Green Finance Market

    By Christina Ng | 01/12/2022

    The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects.

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