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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has released a consultation document on climate disclosure for listed companies, and plans to change the requirement of “Comply or Explain” to mandatory disclosure in 2024, and promote it to all listed companies in 2026
Asian Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions Report Thomas Lloyd, an internationally impact investment institution, releases a report on economic growth
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) releases the net-zero report of listed companies in China. CDP analyzes the development of 70 companies listed in China and Hong Kong through questionnaires and interviews, and proposes the difficulties and solutions in net-zero transition
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a consultation paper to solicit opinions on the ESG disclosures of listed companies, the ESG rating of the securities market and the ESG investment in the asset management industry, so as to promote a more transparent and simplified development
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and China Central Depository and Clearing (CCDC) jointly release a white paper on China ESG practice, summarizing the current development of China’s ESG from three perspectives: regulation policy, ESG practices by enterprises and ESG practices in financial markets
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) recently announced that Hong Kong’s first tokenized government green bonds were successfully issued. The green bond is based on the government’s green bond plan and is also the first officially issued tokenized green bond in the world
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange releases a carbon market report, which analyzes the current development of the global and Chinese carbon markets in detail, and proposes the opportunity for Hong Kong to participate in the process
The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) released the ESG disclosure report of listed companies in China, taking 140 companies listed in the mainland China market and Hong Kong market as samples, to study their ESG information disclosure and climate related disclosure based on the TCFD framework
Singapore Exchange believes that when the bonds meet the criteria of green bonds, social bonds, or sustainable bonds, they can be considered as Sustainable Fixed Income. Specifically, both bonds for institutional investors and retail bonds
Hong Kong launched the “Green and Sustainable Finance Grant Scheme (GSF)” to provide funds for issuers of green bonds and borrowers of green loans to promote the development of green and sustainable finance. This plan is integrated from the
In 2017, Hong Kong released the “2030 Climate Action Blueprint”, promising to reduce carbon emissions to 65% to 75% of 2005 by 2030. In 2020, carbon emissions have been reduced to 80%.
Hong Kong’s carbon emissions have reached a peak in 2014. According to
In 2018, Hong Kong launched the government green bond program for the first time, with an initial borrowing ceiling of HK $100 billion (about $12.8 billion). This borrowing limit was increased to HK $200 billion ($25.6 billion) in 2021. The funds raised by green bonds are mainly
