Sustainable Investor
Posts By Regulation Asia
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Asia-Pacific
Japan FSA Set to Revise Corporate Governance Code
New code will require listed companies to have more independent board directors, promote management diversity, and improve environmental disclosures.
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Asia-Pacific
China State Council Issues Guideline to Support Green Initiatives
New guideline indicates that green finance initiatives will be given a greater weighting in financial institutions’ performance evaluations.
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Asia-Pacific
Singapore to Finance Infrastructure with Green Bonds
The issuance will help deepen market liquidity for green bonds, and attract green issuers, capital and investors to Singapore.
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Asia-Pacific
PBOC to Step Up Efforts to Advance China’s Green Finance Agenda
Comparative study will pave the way for the launch of a China-EU Shared Classification Catalogue for Green Finance later this year.
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Asia-Pacific
Korean Regulator Outlines Green Finance Initiatives
Financial Services Commission to draw up a climate risk management and oversight plan by March and develop a green taxonomy within H1.
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Asia-Pacific
Singapore Taskforce Proposes Taxonomy for Identifying Green Activities
Green Finance Industry Taskforce taxonomy draws on EU approach, proposes traffic-light system for classification of activities.
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Asia-Pacific
HK Influence on Global Climate Finance of “Critical Importance”
SFC chief Ashley Alder highlights steps taken to support sustainability at Asian Financial Forum, but notes "urgent need to do more".
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Asia-Pacific
China Issues Final Rules Governing National Carbon Market
Provincial authorities to set carbon emissions caps for first time; also charged with verifying greenhouse gas emissions reports.
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Industry
FSB Urges Standard Setters to Use TCFD Recommendations
Using TCFD recommendations will help avoid the risk of market fragmentation, the FSB says.
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Asia-Pacific
China to Ease Access to Domestic Green Finance Market
PBOC to enhance green finance standards, and explore introduction of mandatory reporting of environmental risks.
