ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

Singapore Exchange Launches Battery Metal Futures

By Editors | 02/10/2022

Contracts were launched in battery-grade lithium carbonate; lithium hydroxide; cobalt metal; and cobalt hydroxide.

ESG / Sustainability

ISDA Analyses Regulatory Treatment of SLDs in Hong Kong

By Editors | 02/10/2022

The paper considers how SLDs would be classified and regulated, and the compliance issues for market participants to consider when executing SLDs.

ESG / Sustainability

Fitch Flags Growing Pains for Sustainability-linked Bonds

By ESG Investor | 01/10/2022

Remedies needed to address misaligned incentives and lack of comparability in booming market, says ratings agency.

ESG / Sustainability

Australian Investors Demand Further Climate Reforms

By ESG Investor | 30/09/2022

The Investor Group on Climate Change has outlined “high priority policies“ needed to “unlock capital” for Australia’s net zero transition.

ESG / Sustainability

NZAOA Issues Call to Action on Blended Finance

By ESG Investor | 30/09/2022

The UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance has called on policymakers to facilitate the scaling of blended finance structures to fund climate solutions.

ESG / Sustainability

SGX Lists First Low Carbon Index ETF Dedicated to APAC

By Editors | 29/09/2022

The ETF reflects the performance of nearly 200 large and mid-cap companies with low carbon characteristics in 11 markets in Asia Pacific.

ESG / Sustainability

ESMA Publishes Final Guidelines on MiFID II Suitability Requirements

By Editors | 28/09/2022

Firms will need to help clients understand the concept of sustainability preferences and explain differences between products with and without sustainability features.

ESG / Sustainability

International Committee to Create Public Utility for Net-Zero Data

By Editors | 28/09/2022

International organisations and policymakers will work alongside financial data service providers to help bring the utility to fruition.

ESG / Sustainability

APAC Study Group Publishes Transition Finance Guidance

By Editors | 27/09/2022

Lenders should assess whether financed projects meet ICMA’s transition finance criteria and align with sectoral pathways identified by government or other globally recognised bodies.