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Jingdong Hua made ISSB vice-chair

FSA flags issues with climate risk pilot

Financial institutions need to enhance the methodology behind pilot scenario analysis, Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has said.

Sustainability disclosure initiatives are still fragmented, warn PRI, WBCSD, IFAC

Draft sustainability standards and initiatives "are not technically compatible", many of the world's biggest companies, investors and professional accounting firms have warned.

Rebuttable presumptions rebutted in comment letters to EFRAG

Concerns over the rebuttable presumptions approach to reporting in the draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) diluting the quality of reporting and overburdening entities...

UN Race to Zero readies 'compliance mechanism'

UN-backed climate campaign Race to Zero (RTZ) has confirmed further information on its 'compliance mechanism' will be published in September, with a major partner welcoming plans to remove members who fail to meet its strengthened criteria.

Don't rush into regulating data providers, says Japan's FSA

Supervisors should not rush into regulating data providers while work to understand their "increasingly important" role in capital markets is ongoing, said Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer of the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).

US munis given access to their ISS ESG ratings

Robeco shares portfolio company SDG scores

Robeco has shared information on how it scores its portfolio companies on their contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the investor's clients and a group of academics.

China green bond principles 'important' but imperfect

Publication of the China GBPs has potential wide-ranging implications for the green bond market, but they remain a work in progress. Ahren Lester reports

Church Commissioners backs TIFD