Women representation on Singapore corporate boards reaches record high
SINGAPORE - The number of women directorships in Singapore Exchange-listed companies, statutory boards and charities reached a high in 2023, a study found.
MORESINGAPORE - The number of women directorships in Singapore Exchange-listed companies, statutory boards and charities reached a high in 2023, a study found.
MOREEU markets regulator the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced today the release of its finalized guidelines for the use of ESG and sustainability-related terms in investment fund names, including investment thresholds required for sustainable investment funds, and the establishment of a transition category for investments that are not yet green, but are on a positive trajectory towards achieving environmental sustainability goals.
MORETaiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC), since 2019, has cooperated with leading ESG rating providers to establish its ESG IR platform, one of the first dashboard consolidating ESG ratings and accessible to the public. Over the past several months, TDCC has referred to the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) report "Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Ratings and Data Products Providers (Final Report)" released in November 2021 and the Financial Services Agency of Japan "The Code of Conduct for ESG Evaluation and Data Providers" released in December 2022, and engaged in extensive discussions with domestic and international stakeholders to draft its own "Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings Providers (Draft)", aiming at enhancing transparency in rating methodologies, safeguarding the rights of users, and promoting the healthy development of the ESG rating industry in Taiwan. The draft is now open for public comments.
MOREMarket participants are calling for stronger regulation of ESG ratings in Asia with growing concerns that the region is lagging the rest of the world, particularly Europe, where regulators are leading the way in providing oversight of the nascent sector.
MOREThough some asset managers disagreed on the feasibility of Scope 3 reporting, the global standards board said companies would get assistance, and possibly more time, to meet the requirements.
MOREThe new German Corporate Governance Code will increase the focus on corporate sustainability.
MOREThe European Union has agreed to impose gender quotas to ensure women have at least 40 per cent of seats on the boards of large companies.
MOREEurope’s corporate reporting body has launched a public consultation on draft corporate sustainability reporting standards, as the need for consensus on ways to report sustainability information gathers pace.
MORELONDON, May 3 (Reuters) - Companies will have to set a much broader range of sustainability targets under draft new European Union reporting standards, environmental impact body CDP said on Tuesday.
MORETaiwan's publicly accessible, expert-curated ESG (environmental, social, and governance) dashboard will see the addition of well-known S&P Global ESG scores this year amid the global push for a green recovery after COVID-19.
MOREAmended corporate governance code and listing rules will require firms to ensure board independence, refreshment and diversity from January 2022.
MOREThe policies aim to provide crucial guidance to public companies amid the growing importance of ESG in proxy voting.
MOREMalaysia’s publicly traded firms must have at least one woman director on their boards from next year...
MORETAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation (TDCC) is looking at the possibility of adding emissions data to its expert-curated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) dashboard to align with Glasgow COP26's climate pledges, said Jane Huang, head of TDCC's ESG team.
MORETDCC initiative underlines importance of environmental, social and governance factors on financial performance
MORETAIPEI — A Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC) manager spoke about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing and the TDCC's evolving investor relations platform (IR platform) at a webinar in late September. The presentation came as ESG investing continues to grow exponentially and as more investors and corporate issuers in the country leverage ESG-related data to generate insights into investment decision-making.
MOREThe Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today issued an update of the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (MCCG), which sees the introduction of new best practices and further guidance to strengthen the corporate governance culture of listed companies. The 2021 update focused on, among others, board policies and practices on the selection and nomination processes/criteria for directors, and further guidance for practices with low levels of adoption as reported in the SC’s annual Corporate Governance Monitor reports. The MCCG 2021 also focuses on the role of the board and senior management in addressing sustainability risks and opportunities of the company. The last update of the MCCG was in 2017 and the SC has observed encouraging adoption of the Code by listed companies since then with majority of the best practices recording adoption levels of more than 70%.
MORE[Taipei, San Francisco – May 19th, 2021] Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC), a central securities depository and the leading ESG promoters in Taiwan and Asia, and Glass Lewis, the world’s leading provider of independent research and governance solutions, today announced their strategic partnership. TDCC will provide corporate issuers listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and Taipei Stock Exchange (TPEX) with a complimentary copy of their Proxy Paper research report as soon as it has been published by Glass Lewis.
MOREFenwick's gender diversity survey provides unique insight into women's participation at the most senior levels of technology and life sciences public companies on the Fenwick - Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List (SV 150) and the large public companies of the Standard & Poor's 100 Index (S&P 100). The report reviews public filings beginning in 1996 (the first year for which electronic filings with the SEC were broadly made in the EDGAR system) through the 2020 proxy season to analyze the gender makeup of boards, board leadership, board committees and executive management teams, in the two groups, with special comparisons showing how the 15 largest companies in the SV 150 by revenue (SV Top 15) fare. The SV Top 15 are the peers of the large public companies included in the S&P 100.
MORECan the European Union stamp out greenwashing? As of Wednesday, fund managers who market environmental, social, and governance (ESG) financial products will face regulations that force them to show exactly how they meet those standards.
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