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KUALA LUMPUR: Capital Markets Malaysia (CMM) today launched a Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide (SEDG) to provide small and medium enterprises (SMEs) within global supply chains with a streamlined and standardised set of guidelines in relation to environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures. Read full story
KUALA LUMPUR: Maybank Asset Management Group Bhd’s (MAMG) wholly-owned subsidiary, Maybank Asset Management Sdn Bhd (Maybank AM) has launched the MAMG Green Tigers Fund. Read full story
Brussels: In a global first, Europe’s main bank regulator is revising the framework that sets capital requirements so that lenders reflect environmental and social risks in mandatory, industrywide buffers. Read full story
LONDON: Companies based in the United States are on track to halve the amount of environmental, social and governance (ESG)-labelled debt they issue this year, marking a clear departure from the trend on the other side of the Atlantic, according to an analysis by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Read full story
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) has launched new funding initiatives aimed at catalysing Malaysia’s industrial growth and fostering economic development. These…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) has launched new funding initiatives aimed at catalysing Malaysia’s industrial growth and fostering economic development. Read full story
(Oct 6): Companies based in the US are on track to halve the amount of ESG-labeled debt they issue this year, marking a clear departure…
OCTOBER 5 — In recent days, we’ve witnessed compelling evidence provided by the Asean Meteorological Center (ASMC) pinpointing hotspots in Sumatera and Kalimantan, along with detailed wind direction and speed data, all of which unequivocally point to the source of the haze. However, Indonesia has contested ASMC’s claims, presenting its imagery from the Meteorology, Climatology,…
KUALA LUMPUR: The newly launched Industry Environmental, Social, and Governance (iESG) Framework is set to help Malaysia achieve its sustainability and net zero aspiration goals within seven years or less. It will also potentially lead the way to tap into a US$12-trillion (US$1=RM4.699) ESG-focused global market. Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) Minister Tengku Datuk Seri…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The newly launched Industry Environmental, Social, and Governance (iESG) Framework is set to help Malaysia achieve its sustainability and net zero aspiration goals within seven years or less. It will also potentially lead the way to tap into a US$12-trillion (RM56.5 trillion) ESG-focused global market. Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti)…