Sustainable Investor
Americas
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CFTC Report Warns of Systemic Risks from Climate Change
September 10, 2020The report calls on financial regulators to move “urgently and decisively” to measure, understand, and address the risks climate change poses to the US financial system.
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NGFS Publishes Two-year Work Programme, New Charter
September 7, 2020A new NGFS workstream being created will identify missing data items needed for effective climate-related and environmental risk analysis.
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OFAC Sanctions Chinese Entity Over Human Rights Abuses
August 4, 2020The XPCC is considered by OFAC to be a paramilitary organisation with large commercial operations that that are likely to be impacted by US sanctions.
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IMF Publishes New Transparency Code for Central Banks
August 4, 2020The voluntary code allows central banks to measure transparency, which the IMF says is necessary to facilitate accountability and enhance public trust and support.
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Inconsistent Data Hindering Quantification of Climate Risks: FSB
July 23, 2020Multiple layers of uncertainty on the course of climate change give rise to a lack of consistent data and methodologies for translating potential outcomes into financial exposure estimates.
