ESG / Sustainability

ESG / Sustainability

China Likely To Push Asset Owners To Embrace ESG

By AsianInvestor | 21/02/2020

Beijing will likely require asset owners play a bigger role in ESG investing as part of broader sustainability plans when it announces its five-year plan later this year, according to KPMG.

ESG / Sustainability

TWSE Amends Listed Company Guidelines to Enhance Governance, CSR

By Editors | 18/02/2020

The amendments include stock trading controls to prevent insider trading, ethical management units at listed companies, and disclosures of governance practices for managing climate risk.

ESG / Sustainability

Hedge Funds Face High Expectations on ESG Adoption

By Editors | 11/02/2020

ESG and sustainability considerations have become a ‘must-have’ in the hedge fund industry, says a new report from KPMG, AIMA, CAIA and CREATE-Research.

ESG / Sustainability

FSAP Stress Tests to Prioritise Climate Risk Assessments: IMF

By Manesh Samtani | 08/02/2020

The IMF is adding climate-related factors to its existing stress-testing methodology to help government and private-sector leaders prepare for potential financial shocks.

ESG / Sustainability

MAS to Broaden Range of Climate Risks Included in Stress Tests

By Editors | 05/02/2020

The current priority is to collect climate-related data and understand how it impacts FIs in order to conduct a proper stress test, says MAS board member Ong Ye Kung.

Market Infrastructure

World Federation of Exchanges Sets Out 2020 Priorities

By Editors | 04/02/2020

In 2020, the WFE will focus its work on the role of exchanges in creating data, the role of CCPs in ensuring systemic safety, and ESG issues.

ESG / Sustainability

Refinitiv Launches ESG Data Initiative at WEF, Davos

By Editors | 23/01/2020

The Alliance aims to identify and consolidate the fundamental ESG and alternative data firms require to make sustainable investment decisions and positively contribute to the UN SDGs.

ESG / Sustainability

BIS Calls on Central Banks to Coordinate Action on Climate Change

By Manesh Samtani | 21/01/2020

Without coordinated action, a new global financial crisis triggered by climate change would render central banks and financial supervisors powerless.

ESG / Sustainability

TWSE Adds Climate Risk to Disclosure Rules for Listed Companies

By Editors | 20/01/2020

Listed companies are required to disclose information on their governance of climate-related risks and opportunities, and the actual and potential impacts of their activities on climate.