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2024 outlook: Sand in the gears of sustainable finance policy
03 January 2024Looming elections and burgeoning disclosure regimes point to a slowdown in sustainable finance policymaking, but the spectre of fines for greenwashing is on the rise, Michael Hurley writes
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People Moves, 8 December: General Atlantic, ISSB, ImpactA Global ... and more
08 December 2023 -
COP28: Abu Dhabi Bank targets $135bn in sustainable and transition financing by 2030
06 December 2023 -
COP28: Sustainable finance initiative launches for developing economies
05 December 2023 -
COP28: Sovereign sustainability-linked finance task force launched
05 December 2023Eight development banks and financial institutions have launched a technical task force to support the development and growth of the sustainability-linked finance market for sovereign issuers to achieve global climate and nature goals.
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Net zero targets can oblige progress reporting in financial accounts, says IASB committee
30 November 2023Setting net zero commitments can oblige companies to report their performance against climate targets under existing financial accounting standards, according to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) interpretations committee.
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ICSWG updates climate competency framework to include stewardship reporting
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ASEAN data utility working with Japanese banks to harmonise supply chain data
21 November 2023The creators of a Single Accesspoint for ESG Data (SAFE) are partnering with Japanese financial institutions in an attempt to ensure financial institutions in the ASEAN region have full visibility of sustainability information throughout their supply chains, it has been revealed.
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The double materiality debate is boring ... just report both GRI and ISSB, says GRI chief
20 November 2023Widely used disclosure standard setters GRI and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) are not in competition, the CEO of the GRI has argued, adding that the debate over a key point of difference between the standards has become "boring".
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The Future of ESG Data Asia conference: Does APAC need ISSB-Lite?
17 November 2023The Asia-Pacific region might require a slimmed down version of the sustainability standards drawn up by the IFRS's International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), a conference heard.