Climate-related financial disclosures

Market volatility highlights Indonesia’s overlooked climate and resource risks

But challenges can be seen as an opportunity to link market reform and financial stability with better stewardship and environmental resilience

MSCI estimates indicate that losses from physical hazards could rise to US$4.6 billion by 2050 – nearly four times the 2024 figure of US$1.2 billion.

Climate risks increasingly pose threat to insurance markets, broader financial system: MSCI Institute

Larger tail events and the clustering of secondary perils can lower predictability

Coal consumption growth in South-east Asia will lead the world until 2030, says the International Energy Agency.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 176: Indonesia’s U-turn on coal phase-out; climate scenarios caught in paper retraction

This week in ESG: Cancellation of coal plant’s early retirement jeopardises multilateral programme; Retracted study used to model climate damage by central banks

Tariffs raise the apparent cost of imported goods, and when those inflated costs are plugged into spend-based emissions models, they artificially elevate the associated carbon footprint.

The hidden carbon accounting costs of tariffs

A flawed methodology amplifies both environmental and financial risk

Ravi Menon, Singapore's ambassador for climate action, says: "I think between the next 10 and 20 years, climate change will be one of the major preoccupations of governments, of businesses and of the general public. It's going to dominate all your news."

Not necessary for Singapore to compete with the region on sustainability reporting, says Ravi Menon

The city-state’s ambassador for climate action says that all countries share a common objective of addressing the climate crisis

The decision to relax disclosure rules comes just days after New Zealand adopted a less ambitious methane emissions target and ruled out a tax on farm emissions.

New Zealand to relax climate reporting rules over cost concerns

Companies listed on the country’s main exchange will now only have to provide disclosures if their market capitalization is NZ$1 billion or more

South-east Asia's energy choices will shape global climate outcomes. If banks in the region continue to finance fossil fuel expansion while the rest of the world invests in renewables, the transition will slow everywhere.

The real climate test for South-east Asian banks has begun

The region’s lenders must move from pledges to action

The amount of capital mobilised globally by blended funds rose to US$5.1 billion in 2024, based on Convergence data.
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Issue 163: Pentagreen-managed blended fund hits first close; small listcos, we have a problem

This week in ESG: Green Investments Partnership fund raises US$510 million; the need for climate reporting

Ravi Menon, Singapore's ambassador for climate action, says: “Sustainability reporting remains important and is here to stay. There is no change in the direction of travel, only the pace."

Singapore is not pulling back on climate action despite delays in mandatory disclosures: Ravi Menon

Non-STI constituents with a market capitalisation of S$1 billion and above will have to comply from FY2028, an extension of three years

Regulators have given Singapore-listed companies up to five more years to align climate reporting with IFRS standards.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 161: SGX extends climate reporting deadlines; Piyush Gupta banks on blended finance, carbon markets

This week in ESG: Market regulator unveils tiered rollout of reporting requirements; former DBS CEO sees market mechanisms lowering decarbonisation costs