Sustainable Investor
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Asia-Pacific
APAC Asset Owners Toughen up ESG Selection Criteria
Asset managers face rising expectations from asset owners, a panel session at the Principles of Responsible Investment’s APAC Digital Symposium has revealed.
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Asia-Pacific
Malaysian FIs to Pilot Implementation of Climate Risk Taxonomy
This month, 12 financial institutions will commence a pilot to implement a principles-based taxonomy for classifying climate risk, one of a number...
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Asia-Pacific
New Zealand to Introduce Mandatory Climate Risk Reporting
If approved by Parliament, the new comply-or-explain climate risk disclosure regime could come into effect in 2023 at the earliest.
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Americas
Standard-setters Kick Off Initiative to Harmonise Sustainability Reporting
The IFRS Foundation is proposed as the body that is “optimally positioned” to lead and coordinate the creation of a new sustainability...
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1.6KAmericasActive Funds not Necessarily Superior to Passive for ESG Investors
Specialised and generalised engagement seen as effective agents of change.
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1.4KAsia-PacificIOSCO to Harmonise Global ESG Disclosure Frameworks – Report
A new IOSCO taskforce will work to identify commonalities across sustainability disclosure standards from across the world to develop principles-based guidelines.
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1.2KAmericasCFTC Report Warns of Systemic Risks from Climate Change
The report calls on financial regulators to move “urgently and decisively” to measure, understand, and address the risks climate change poses to...
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Americas
NGFS Publishes Two-year Work Programme, New Charter
A new NGFS workstream being created will identify missing data items needed for effective climate-related and environmental risk analysis.
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Asia-Pacific
Green Finance Alliance for Greater Bay Area Launches
The Alliance has been established to increase funding channels for green projects and guide government policies and investment projects.
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Asia-Pacific
CBIRC Issues Action Plan to Enhance Governance at Banks, Insurers
The action plan outlines a series of targeted measures and an implementation timetable to improve corporate governance at banks and insurers.
