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ESG Overload 

Chris Hall

UK asset owners are feeling the squeeze from sustainability reporting, but they are working on ways to ease the pinch. This was followed in 2010 by high level reporting for the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) original Stewardship Code. I’m exhausted, I’m fed up, and I feel like I’ve become a compliance function.”

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UK Aims to End Uncertainty on Fiduciary Duty

Chris Hall

The government further plans to set out further detail on the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) implementation timeline, which the FCA pushed back , reflecting the “rapid development of international standards”.

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Bridging Asia’s ESG Information Gap

Chris Hall

“The lack of high-quality standardised ESG data on companies, especially in Asia, remains a key impediment to unlock capital at the speed and quantum needed for the region’s transition towards lower-carbon economies,” Helge Muenkel, Chief Sustainability Officer at DBS, told Regulation Asia. .