Alexandra Tracy, President, Hoi Ping Ventures, looks at the growing focus of regulators and standard-setters on increasing transparency around companies’ impacts and exposures related to biodiversity and natural ecosystems.
In the first of three articles, published in CGj in September 2023, authors at the Research Centre for Sustainable Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, made recommendations to improve the city’s carbon emissions reduction measures. Here, in the second article, they examine the issue of power generation and offer some policy suggestions for advancing the use of low-carbon and renewable energy sources.
For its latest research report, the Institute teamed up with Hong Kong Metropolitan University to look at the way ESG ratings providers operate in Hong Kong. CGj highlights the findings of the report with a focus on the implications for corporates, investors and wider stakeholders.
Mark Lin, Partner, and Stephanie Tsui, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells, summarise the avenues available to financial and securities regulators to take action against companies that misrepresent their green credentials, despite there currently being no specific anti-greenwashing legislation in force in Hong Kong.
Dr Agnes KY Tai, Director of Great Glory Investment Corporation and Senior Advisor of iPartners Holdings Ltd, highlights the implications for Hong Kong businesses of the latest sustainability regulations in the European Union (EU).
Stephanie Chiu, Counsel and Head of Asia People & Reward, and Rachel Harris, Associate, People & Reward, of global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, reflect on the results of the firm’s latest whistleblowing survey with a spotlight on trends in Hong Kong, where attitudes to whistleblowing remain generally positive, although some work still needs to be done.
In this second and final part of the Best Paper of the Institute’s latest Corporate Governance Paper Competition, the authors provide justification for their stance that that the world is not too focused on climate change disclosures, but rather that it is still in its infancy, and envisage the future direction of climate change disclosure as we shift to a more sustainable future.
Paul Murphy, Head of ESG, Asia Pacific, Georgeson, talks to CGj about the new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) reporting standards and how they will impact companies in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, from an ESG advisory perspective.
CGj reviews a recent Institute seminar that highlighted for companies in Hong Kong the advantages of adopting the new IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards launched in June this year.
In the context of an ageing population, both here in Hong Kong and around the world, Mohan Datwani FCG HKFCG(PE), Institute Deputy Chief Executive, explores the governance, ethical and ESG considerations relevant to retirement arrangements.
CGj assesses whether the much-anticipated sustainability disclosure standards issued by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in June this year will be the game- changer they aim to be, and what impact their launch will have on companies in Hong Kong.
