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Australian Update - Climate-Related Disclosures Legislation Passed - The Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Cth) passed Parliament on 9 September 2024 and received Royal...more
Australian Update - Proposed Code of Practice to Reduce Modern Slavery Through Lending, Investment and Asset Management - The New South Wales (NSW) Anti-Slavery Commissioner (Commissioner) recently released its discussion...more
Australian Update - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Enforcement Priorities for 2024-2025 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced its enforcement and compliance priorities for...more
In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in green products and the promotion of sustainable objectives across the financial services industry. For example, we have seen much discussion of green loans, green...more
As world leaders prepare for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) beginning in the United Arab Emirates this week, new ideas may help advance solutions to the globe’s most challenging climate-related finance problems....more
The aims of ESG investing and Islamic Finance structures are already closely – though not perfectly – aligned. Middle Eastern governments are looking to diversify away from oil and gas. This, Samer Eido and Afsha Karim...more
In September 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published its second economy-wide stress test, shedding light on the credit risks that European banks may face as a result of the ongoing climate transition....more
In early September 2023, the Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) issued two reports relating to the treatment of green financial products and taxonomy reporting. GTAG was established in 2021 and is an expert group that...more
The EU regulators are reviewing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation introduced in 2021, exploring the need for potential additional adjustments. On 14 September 2023, the European Commission initiated a...more
The forthcoming guidelines will set supervisory expectations to steer financial institutions’ transition planning processes to facilitate decarbonisation efforts by their clients. On 8 June 2023, the Monetary Authority...more
The attention of financial regulators on environmental, social and governance factors is significantly and rapidly increasing. A proper integration of ESG features in the business model of financial and non-financial entities...more
On March 27, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Taxonomy Board (ATB), representing ASEAN finance sectoral bodies, released Version 2 of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance. This follows Version 1, which...more
The government published a new document outlining its existing and proposed objectives to develop the UK’s sustainable economy. On 30 March 2023, the UK government published an updated version of its Green Finance...more
Last month, Singapore’s Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT) launched the final consultation period to finalize its Green and Transition Taxonomy (the “Taxonomy”). This is Singapore’s third public consultation on the...more
On February 13, 2023, as part of the European Commission’s Strategy for financing transition to a sustainable economy, the European Banking Authority (EBA) launched an industry survey seeking input on green loans and...more
A global financial institution recently announced an updated energy policy, supplementing its previously issued 2030 targets. HSBC’s 2030 targets aimed, among other things, to reduce financed emissions in two carbon-intensive...more
The Final Report recommends five themes that financial institutions should incorporate into their net zero transition strategies. On 1 November 2022, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) issued its Final...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision recently released 18 principles that banks and their supervisors should consider when addressing the financial risks stemming from climate change. In recognition of climate risks...more
The promotion of green finance and investment in sustainable projects continues to be a key policy of the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE government (with its related entities) has traditionally been the...more
Das Thema nachhaltige Finanzierung (Sustainable Finance) nimmt weiter an Fahrt auf und steht Anfang 2021 erneut im Fokus: diesseits des Atlantiks ist zum 10. März 2021 die EU-Offenlegungsverordnung in Kraft getreten, nach der...more
The Equator Principles have been one of the principal frameworks for managing sustainability and ESG risk in projects by financial institutions since 2003. The latest update – known as EP4 – renews the focus on human rights...more