Sustainable development is an important part in ESG application
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
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
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
COP15 Conference, the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, is divided into two stages: the first stage was held by China in October 2021, and the second stage was held by Canada
Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) recently released a brief report on ESG, summarizing the development of ESG in Hong Kong and proposing a roadmap for follow-up actions. The report is divided into three parts, namely, the introduction of the
This regulatory document is the first time that the regulatory authority has formulated the ESG fund greenwashing issue. It believes that if the fund pursues sustainability, it needs to disclose relevant specific plans to the market
The phenomenon of greenwashing in the current market is more complex and difficult to identify than 36 years ago. Greenwashing can be understood as “declaring green actions to the outside world when do not meet the green standards”, or “exaggerating green actions”
The statistical means of sustainable investment in this report are different from those in the past. If the financial products only contain words related to “ESG” or “sustainable investment”, but do not clearly indicate that the corresponding sustainable content
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) released the climate stress test report of insurance and pension institutions for the first time. This report assumes that the implementation of climate policy is later than expected, which leads to
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released a roadmap for sustainable finance in the next three years to explain EBA’s follow-up measures and planned tasks in ESG. This roadmap is the second version released by EBA
