Oct 17, 2024 The impact of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive on businesses in Asia By Rachel Barrett Julia Grothaus David Ballegeer Tom Cobbaert Gilly Hutchinson +2 more... Show less The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (the CSRD) seeks to fundamentally change the approach to sustainability reporting...
Oct 14, 2024 Singapore Exchange Regulation publishes response to the public consultation on mandatory climate-related reporting requirements By Joanne Wong Leon Ng On 23 September 2024, the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) published amendments to the SGX-ST Listing Rules (Mainboard) (the...
Jun 25, 2024 Singapore announces at least 300 megawatts increase in data centre capacity with a focus on green energy By Gilly Hutchinson On 30 May 2024, as part of Singapore’s Green Data Centre Roadmap, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority announced that...
Mar 29, 2024 Mandatory climate reporting for listed and large non-listed companies in Singapore By Joanne Wong Leon Ng On 28 February 2024, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (ACRA) and the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX...
Feb 02, 2024 The Monetary Authority of Singapore publishes the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy By Gilly Hutchinson After four rounds of public consultation, on 3 December 2023, the Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT), convened by the Monetary...
Jan 10, 2024 Singapore finalises code of conduct for ESG rating and data product providers By Evan Lam Peiying Chua On 6 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published its responses to the public consultation (the Responses) and the...
Jan 09, 2024 Singapore's proposed guidelines on transition planning for financial institutions By Evan Lam Peiying Chua On 18 October 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a set of consultation papers proposing guidelines (the Proposed...
Dec 12, 2023 Fifty Shades of Green? Sustainability and antitrust developments in Asia By Gilly Hutchinson In the shadow of COP28, we are reminded of the imperatives to engage our businesses in achieving environmental and sustainability goals....
Aug 09, 2023 Singapore consults on a Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Product Providers By Evan Lam Peiying Chua On 28 June 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore published a consultation paper on the proposed voluntary industry code of conduct...
Aug 08, 2023 Singapore consults on adopting mandatory climate-related corporate disclosure requirements in line with the ISSB sustainability disclosure standards By Leon Ng Rob Elliot Gilly Hutchinson The Sustainability Reporting Advisory Committee (SRAC) published a public consultation paper seeking market feedback on proposals to make...
Jul 11, 2023 Steps taken to finalising the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy By Peiying Chua Evan Lam Xylia Sim Anil Shergill Gilly Hutchinson +2 more... Show less The Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT) is a financial industry taskforce convened by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to...
Feb 23, 2023 The Singapore Exchange imposes a hard nine-year limit for independent directors and enhances disclosure of directors' and CEO remuneration By Denise Bryan Joanne Wong Gilly Hutchinson On 11 January 2023, the Singapore Exchange ("SGX") issued its response to its consultation on board renewal and remuneration disclosures....
Jan 31, 2023 Recent developments in the low carbon hydrogen sector in Asia By Xylia Sim Hirofumi Taba Jianbin Wang Simonette Santos Gilly Hutchinson +2 more... Show less Key to the de-carbonisation plans for many companies, industries and countries globally is low carbon hydrogen and its derivatives...
Nov 01, 2022 Singapore: MAS and SGX launch further initiative under Project Greenprint By Gilly Hutchinson Peiying Chua Anil Shergill Alcander Seah Daniel Lim +2 more... Show less On 12 September 2022, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) jointly launched ESGenome as part of...
Aug 03, 2022 Singapore: Round up of latest ESG regulations and policies By Gilly Hutchinson Peiying Chua The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) is progressing with its comprehensive, long-term strategy to make sustainable finance a...