Hong Kong Green & Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group Launches New Website with Enhanced Database, One-Stop Information Hub for Financial
Meeting of the Steering Group on 8th January 2024 in Hong Kong - Attended by (from left to right): Janey Lai, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council; Salina Yan, Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services); Eddie Yue, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority; Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury; Chin-wan Tse, Secretary for Environment and Ecology; Julia Leung, Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission; Bonnie Chan, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited; Yan-Chee Cheng, Managing Director, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority; and Clement Cheung, Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Authority. Caproasia.com | The leading source of data, research, information & resource for financial professionals, investment managers, professional investors, family offices & advisors to institutions, billionaires, UHNWs & HNWs. Covering capital markets, investments and private wealth in Asia. How do you invest $3 million to $300 million? How do you manage $20 million to $3 billion of assets? Caproasia - Learn more Caproasia Access | Events | Summits | Register Events | The Financial Centre The 2024 Investment Day | 2024 Family Office Summits | Family Office Circle This site is for accredited investors, professional investors, investment managers and financial professionals only. You should have assets around $3 million to $300 million or managing $20 million to $3 billion. 
Hong Kong Green & Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group Launches New Website with Enhanced Database, One-Stop Information Hub for Financial Institutions, Corporates & Public, New Digitalized Disclosure Questionnaire for Non-listed Companies, New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculation Tools, Hong Kong Has 219 ESG Funds with $169.6 Billion AUM 24th February 2024 | Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Green & Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group has launched a new website with enhanced database, one-stop information hub for financial institutions, corporates & public, a new digitalized disclosure questionnaire for non-listed companies, and new greenhouse gas emissions calculation tools. Hong Kong currently has 219 authorized ESG funds with $169.6 billion AUM (Assets under Management). About the Steering Group – Established in May 2020, the Steering Group is co-chaired by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission. Members include the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, the Environment and Ecology Bureau, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Insurance Authority, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, and the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council. The Steering Group aims to coordinate the management of climate and environmental risks to the financial sector, accelerate the growth of green and sustainable finance in Hong Kong and support the Government’s climate strategies. Visit new website
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Julia Leung, CEO of the Securities & Futures Commission (SFC): “These new tools feature easy navigation and are catered for the local market. They do not only reference widely adopted international standards, but also incorporate Hong Kong and Mainland elements and data in the calculation and estimation modelling. We encourage market participants to make use of the tools to improve sustainability practices and enhance market transparency.”
Prof. Alexis Lau, Director of the Institute for the Environment at HKUST: “Addressing climate change requires concerted efforts across the business spectrum, from multinational giants to SMEs. At HKUST, we’ve designed these GHG emissions tools specifically with SMEs in mind, ensuring it is practical, user-friendly, and tailored to the specific data and regional contexts they navigate. These tools equip businesses with the means to accurately calculate and manage their environmental footprint, propelling us all towards a more sustainable future.”
Prof. Christine Loh, Chief Development Strategist of the Institute for the Environment at HKUST: “These easy-to-use tools represent an early step by Hong Kong to assist SMEs to periodically estimate their carbon footprints so that they can disclose it to stakeholders. In the era of climate change, making such data transparent across the economy is becoming a new element of corporate governance. It is vital that these tools are widely promoted, as their success lies in broad usage.”
Hong Kong Green & Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group Launches New Website with Enhanced Database, One-Stop Information Hub for Financial Institutions, Corporates & Public, New Digitalized Disclosure Questionnaire for Non-listed Companies, New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculation Tools, Hong Kong Has 219 ESG Funds with $169.6 Billion AUM
Meeting of the Steering Group on 8th January 2024 in Hong Kong – Attended by (from left to right): Janey Lai, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council; Salina Yan, Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services); Eddie Yue, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority; Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury; Chin-wan Tse, Secretary for Environment and Ecology; Julia Leung, Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission; Bonnie Chan, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited; Yan-Chee Cheng, Managing Director, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority; and Clement Cheung, Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Authority. 21st February 2024 – The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (Steering Group) has revamped its official website (CASG website) with enhanced database and tools to offer a one-stop green and sustainable finance information hub for financial institutions, corporates and the general public.
Key enhancements of the CASG website include:
- Sustainability disclosure e-Portal: The Climate and Environmental Risk Questionnaire for Non-listed companies (Questionnaire) has been digitalised. The Questionnaire is an easy-to-use template developed and launched in 2022 by the Steering Group and CDP to help corporates, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, get started in sustainability reporting. The digitalisation facilitates reporting and will support broader consent-based data sharing between corporates and financial institutions (Note 1).
- Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculation and estimation tools: Together with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Steering Group has developed two tools to support the calculation and estimation of GHG emissions. The calculation tool enables users, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to calculate their GHG emissions based on actual activity levels. The results can be automatically exported to answer relevant questions in the Questionnaire. The estimation tool enables users, primarily financial institutions, to estimate the GHG emissions associated with their investments or loans where data of underlying companies is limited.
- Centralised sustainability data and information: Sustainability related data, regulation, news and events, training and internship opportunities will be featured on the CASG website with user-friendly browsing and search functions.
The Steering Group will continue to enhance the CASG website to support Hong Kong’s decarbonisation efforts and role as a regional and global green and sustainable finance hub.
About the Steering Group – Established in May 2020, the Steering Group is co-chaired by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission. Members include the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, the Environment and Ecology Bureau, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Insurance Authority, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, and the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council. The Steering Group aims to coordinate the management of climate and environmental risks to the financial sector, accelerate the growth of green and sustainable finance in Hong Kong and support the Government’s climate strategies.
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Hong Kong Green & Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group to Work on 3 New Initiatives in 2024 to Capture Financing & Investment Opportunities for APAC Low-Carbon Transition: Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards Sustainability Disclosure Standards, Technology to Support Sustainability Reporting & Data Analysis, Support Development Of Transition Finance in Hong Kong to be a Leading Sustainable Finance Hub
Meeting of the Steering Group on 8th January 2024 in Hong Kong – Attended by (from left to right): Janey Lai, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council; Salina Yan, Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services); Eddie Yue, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority; Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury; Chin-wan Tse, Secretary for Environment and Ecology; Julia Leung, Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission; Bonnie Chan, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited; Yan-Chee Cheng, Managing Director, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority; and Clement Cheung, Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Authority. 10th January 2024 – The Hong Kong Green & Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group has agreed to work on 3 new initiatives in 2024 to capture financing & investment opportunities for APAC low-carbon transition: 1) Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) sustainability disclosure standards, 2) Technology to support sustainability reporting & data analysis, 3) Support development of transition finance in Hong Kong to be a leading sustainable finance hub. For details on the initiatives of the Steering Group and its members, please visit Hong Kong Sustainable Finance. More info below:
Julia Leung, Co-Chair of the Steering Group and CEO of Hong Kong SFC: “As an international financial centre, Hong Kong’s development of a roadmap for the local sustainability disclosures ecosystem is a key priority. Adopting the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards locally requires collective action by both the public and private sectors. We have been actively engaging with regional stakeholders and promoting technological solutions to support interoperability with global markets and alignment of common metrics, thereby bolstering Hong Kong’s position as a leading sustainable finance hub.”
Eddie Yue, Co-Chair of the Steering Group and Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA): “Disclosure remains a key focus of the Steering Group. We are working on the local adoption of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards while taking steps to ensure the availability of the data, talents, capability and technologies needed for their implementation. At the same time, we continue to work with local and international stakeholders in promoting the development of transition finance, which is particularly relevant to Asia where there is a pressing need to balance sustainability with economic development.”
Hong Kong Green & Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group to Work on 3 New Initiatives in 2024 to Capture Financing & Investment Opportunities for APAC Low-Carbon Transition
8th January 2024 – The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (Steering Group) met on 8 January 2024 (today) to consider its work plan for this year and agreed on three key initiatives to capture financing and investment opportunities from the Asia-Pacific Region’s low carbon transition. The Steering Group also welcomed the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) as a new member.
For details on the initiatives of the Steering Group and its members, please visit https://sustainablefinance.org.hk/en/.
About the Steering Group
Established in May 2020, the Steering Group is co-chaired by the HKMA and the SFC. Members include the AFRC, Environment and Ecology Bureau, FSTB, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Insurance Authority and the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority. The Steering Group aims to coordinate the management of climate and environmental risks to the financial sector, accelerate the growth of green and sustainable finance in Hong Kong and support the Government’s climate strategies.
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