The World Economic Forum (WEF) has brought together a team of experts to offer best-practices guidance to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The group will monitor implementation and adoption of ISSB’s first set of standards, which are set to be unveiled by the end of this month, and offer insights and advice.
ESG investing, regulation and compliance are central concerns for financial institutions, although not all jurisdictions are equal. In the US, ESG has become a partisan issue making SEC regulation uncertain; the EU is on good form and has already implemented multiple regulations; and Asia Pacific is advancing as regulators and exchanges deploy ESG rules. Greenwashing...
Data assurance services are forecast to be in huge demand as ESG reporting regulations expand and overseers seek to strengthen confidence in the information used by financial institutions and other stakeholders. Big accounting firms and smaller assurance providers alike are girding for new rules that will require companies to have their regulatory data audited in...
The ESG Data & Tech Summit will explore challenges around assembling and evaluating ESG data for reporting and the impact of regulatory measures and industry collaboration on transparency and standardisation efforts. Expert speakers will address how the evolving market infrastructure is developing and the role of new technologies and alternative data in improving insight and filling data gaps.
After initial hesitancy, interest in digital assets from institutional market participants has grown over the past three to four years. Early focus inevitably centred on the market opportunities presented by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But this has evolved into a broad acceptance of a potentially meaningful role for digital assets in institutional markets. It’s now...