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Rush to regulate ESG ratings raises risk of having to backtrack, Japan FSA chief says
26 September 2024The EU risks having to "backtrack" on its regulation of disclosure by providers of ESG ratings, according to a Japanese regulator.
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Japan embraces impact investing in pursuit of a 'new form of capitalism'
03 November 2023Prime minister Fumio Kishida is on a mission to harness impact investment to spur economic growth in Japan. How might it transform the market, asks Michael Hurley
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Japan sets timeline for disclosure standards based on ISSB work
02 March 2023Japanese sustainability disclosure standards based on international efforts will be ready in draft form by April 2024, with final standards published up to a year later, according to the body tasked with developing the work.
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Japan publishes ground-breaking ESG data, ratings 'code of conduct'
16 December 2022The Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) has published the first voluntary 'code of conduct' in the world for environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and evaluation providers...
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Don't rush into regulating data providers, says Japan's FSA
24 August 2022Supervisors 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).
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Japan consults on ESG data 'code of conduct'
14 July 2022Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has published what is believed to be a world-first 'code of conduct' for providers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and evaluations.
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Global capital requirement for climate risks is crucial for transition
29 June 2022Japanese regulator recommends framing global warming as "a time bomb" to spur action
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Tokio Marine joins Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
19 January 2022Physical risks from warming a "prudential issue" for Asia's regulators, says Japan's FSA
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Moody's: Japan's FSA ESG disclosures may have limited immediate usefulness
02 September 2021Forthcoming mandatory ESG disclosure requirements from Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) may have short-term limitations, Moody's Investors Service has said.
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Japan's FSA to form 'expert panel on sustainable finance'
29 December 2020Japan's Financial Services Agency is to form an 'expert panel on sustainable finance' to drive domestic and international investment in Japanese companies that the body says support the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.