The World Economic Forum released the 18th edition of the “Global Risk Report”. Among the influencing factors in the next two years, climate change risk ranks the second highest, and among the influencing factors in the next decade, climate risk ranks
Recently, Euronext announced the launch of a new ESG index, named CAC SBT 1.5 °. CAC SBF is an index of 120 stocks prepared by the Paris Stock Exchange. 1.5 ° is the company in line with the emission reduction plan of the Paris Agreement
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) recently issued a document in response to the solicitation of opinions from European regulators on ESG greenwashing and put forward new views on the definition of greenwashing, the
This article briefly introduces the current common concepts of green finance and ESG to help readers understand the relevant contents of ESG regulatory policies, research statistics, knowledge and financial products in this website
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
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) was initiated by the United Nations in 2006 and participated by global financial institutions. Like the ESG proposed in 2004, the goal of UNPRI is to create an efficient and sustainable global financial system
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
After ESG was proposed, how did the financial industry view this emerging investment concept? What was the early development of ESG? One year after ESG was proposed, the Global Compact once again held a meeting to invite representatives
ESG first appeared in 2004, the United Nations Global Compact released the report “Who Cares Wins”, which together with twenty financial institutions gave suggestions to the financial industry, hoping to better apply environment, society and
Recently, the European Union said that it would consider setting up a social climate fund to establish a new carbon emission trading system and provide funds for member countries to improve carbon emissions. The EU’s goal is to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
