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  • FSA: NGFS climate scenarios should improve data use

    12 September 2022

    A key issue "hindering" the expansion of the NGFS climate models is their reliance on some global datasets that are not necessarily applicable to Japanese institutions...

  • Asian investors urged to be stricter on labour practices

    08 September 2022

    Asian investors have been urged to require more of companies on labour practices to avoid human rights abuses and reduce reputational risk.

  • HESTA warns four energy firms of potential climate-related divestment

    06 September 2022

    HESTA has warned four energy firms they face heightened scrutiny and potential divestment due to their lacklustre decarbonisation strategies, as the Australian pension fund announced a strengthened 2030 decarbonisation target.

  • NBIM urges Japan to adopt global human rights disclosure standards

    05 September 2022

    The manager of the NOK11.9 trillion ($1.2 trillion) Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has urged Japanese policymakers to encourage companies to provide human rights disclosures...

  • People Moves 2 September, including IFC, ISSB, HSBC & more...

    02 September 2022
  • FSA flags issues with climate risk pilot

    31 August 2022

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

  • Singapore lets firms pay carbon taxes with Gold Standard credits

    30 August 2022

    Singapore-based companies will be allowed to buy Gold Standard carbon credits to meet part of their carbon tax obligations.

  • HSBC and Temasek launch sustainable loan company

    30 August 2022

    HSBC and Temasek have launched Pentagreen Capital - a debt financing company for sustainable infrastructure projects, with an initial focus on Southeast Asia.

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

    24 August 2022

    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).

  • Asian banks encouraged to include nature-related risks

    24 August 2022

    Banks in Asia have been encouraged to include nature-related risks in sustainability strategies, by WWF Singapore.