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MAS to launch data registry next year

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced its ESG data registry will launch next year.

Data and assurance among FSB recommendations to regulators

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published recommendations to help regulators better mitigate climate-related risks and create more consistent approaches, covering areas including data and external assurance of disclosures and governance.

EU opens applications for new sustainable finance expert group

The European Commission has launched a call for applications to join the Platform on Sustainable Finance ahead of a new mandate for the expert group starting in 2023.

TCFD to take stock before ISSB implementation

The TCFD has said it will take stock of disclosures before the ISSB disclosure frameworks are integrated globally

Don't let 'sleeping SLLs' lie

The LSTA is finalising best practice guidelines to help tackle 'sleeping SLLs', writes Ahren Lester

Platform report 'solves 90%' of EU Taxonomy usability problems

The data and usability report published by the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) has solved the vast majority of the "technical problems" with the EU Taxonomy, according to one of its members, and "hints" at a solution for the remainder of the challenges.

Pictet: Investor awareness of biodiversity materiality five years behind climate

Investors' awareness of the financial materiality of companies' impacts on biodiversity is generally around five years behind that of climate, an executive at Pictet Asset Management has said.

EU expert group launch 'call to action' to improve taxonomy usability

The Platform for Sustainable Finance (PSF) has published a pair of reports on the data, usability and application of 'minimum safeguards' requirements of the EU Taxonomy, which its chair described as a "call to action" for the European Commission on "improving usability" for the landmark 'green' legislation.

ECB: Gender-diverse banks lend less to 'browner' companies

European banks with a high share of female directors are less likely to lend to high-polluting firms, according to a study by the European Central Bank (ECB).

MAS data registry to launch next year