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CEO's Thoughts: Caring for Employees’ Financial Well-being
Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift shares his views on how companies can help to support the financial wellbeing of their employees.
Episode 3, Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan, CEO of EPF
In this episode of CEO2CEO, Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan shares EPF’s vision and strategies to grow ESG and sustainable finance ecosystem.
Our Chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, shares his thoughts and vision for the Malaysian capital market
CEO's Thoughts: The 'S' in ESG
As we wrap up 2021, Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift shares his thoughts on social sustainability issues that have been at the top of his mind through a three-part article.
Corporate Sustainability Practitioner Competency Framework
The competency framework serves as an aspirational reference to guide practitioners on the skills and competencies required to navigate the corporate sustainability ecosystem and drive sustainable outcomes.
Article
Five thoughtful actions for boards to lay the groundwork for a robust, forward-looking approach to risks that support companies’ aspiration to innovate, digitalise and drive sustainability.
Pursuing sustainability can benefit the bottom line but most companies are struggling to achieve it. The key is transformative business model innovation. And boards can help set that in motion.
Commentary
The World Economic Forum: Climate change is a complex and inherently systemic issue making it an extremely difficult risk and opportunity to manage.
Complying with the MCCG does not have to and should not be a box-ticking exercise. If you can internalise the Code, you will find it to be a powerful guiding force for companies to thrive well into the future.
External Report
This new handbook features the experience of specialists directly involved in setting up and running anti-corruption systems for Malaysian companies.
The 2021 update sees the introduction of new best practices and further guidance to strengthen the corporate governance culture of listed companies.
Why we should expand the definition of board diversity beyond just gender to cover board independence, as well as age, tenure, culture and expertise.
Webcast
How can companies successfully navigate the waters of online meetings while preserving good governance?
As the pace of innovation accelerates, technology will play a critical role in enabling businesses to realise their sustainability goals.
Report
Understanding sustainability reporting requirements across Asia Pacific and insights on the journey to date May 2022
Bursa Malaysia (“the Exchange”) has been undertaking annual sustainability disclosure reviews (“SDR”) of sustainability statements or reports of public listed companies (“PLCs”) on a sampling basis since 2017
Many boards of directors are either currently or will very soon be required to drive the strategic direction that entities take in meeting their sustainability reporting requirements.
Events
TCFD 101 provides an overview of what climate-related reporting is and why it is important.
Video
Is it just another new term in the ever-growing sustainability dictionary?
Case Study
From setting an internal carbon price to R&D in carbon storage and capture, we hear about how Sunway plans to meet its ambitious targets
COP26, which concluded in Gasgow on 13 November 2021, led to the creation of a new global agreement – the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Investors are embracing the need to consider broader impacts that investments have on society and the environment as a whole.
Demystifying the key differences and nexus between the 2 concepts
The guidance document helps financial institutions adopt measures for climate change mitigation and adaptation
What are the opportunities to develop new ESG and SDG-aligned Islamic finance products?
Infographic
Want to be a responsible investor? Step one, learn how to cut through the jargon
Global survey revealing insights from close to 350 institutional investors in 16 countries
7 reasons why 2020 could be the year Islamic finance scales, with Malaysia as one of the key players benefiting.
What are the top 10 ESG ratings out there, according to sustainability professionals?
Letter
Our Chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, shares his thoughts and vision for the Malaysian capital market via an annual open letter to the Chairpersons of all listed issuers.
Insights
Hosted by our CEO Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift, CEO2CEO features peer-to-peer conversations on corporate sustainability with CEOs from leading companies in Malaysia.
Our CEO, Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift shares his opinions on emerging sustainability issues via this dedicated column...
The Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3) today released the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”)
Corporate Governance
The CG Guide provides practical guidance to listed issuers to improve CG practices and reporting in line with the principles and requirements contained in the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (“MCCG”) and enhanced CG disclosure requirements in the Listing Requirements.
The 2nd Edition of the Sustainability Reporting Guide provides guidance on how to embed sustainability in your organisation and help you identify, evaluate and manage your material EES risks and opportunities.
Sustainability Toolkits
Stakeholder engagement is a key step in identifying material sustainability matters, as well as being a critical contribution to an organisation’s sustainability performance and success. This toolkit provides guidance to listed issuers on how to conduct stakeholder engagement during and beyond the materiality assessment.
To assist listed issuers in the process of stakeholder engagement, a template for stakeholder prioritisation is available here.
The purpose of this toolkit is to assist listed issuers in understanding and determining the most appropriate method to collect, manage and report on the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to their material sustainability issues. To download a copy of this toolkit, please click here.
Bursa Resources
Guidance on Disclosures relating to Material Contracts and Prevention of Selective Disclosure of Material Information
The enforcement/disciplinary procedures and processes adopted are set out in the Business Rules and LR (collectively “the Rules”) and further supplemented under/via this ICON-DP.
This 15-min course introduces what constitutes as bribery and corruption as defined by Malaysian law, specifically the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
This e-learning session seeks to help sustainability practitioners of all levels understand why sustainability is of growing importance to businesses, and how reporting can help businesses manage their key environment, social and governance (ESG) issues.
Supercharge ESG Ambitions With Technology
Nestlé has opened a new Nescafé coffee factory in Veracruz, Mexico. With an investment of USD340mn, the plant creates 1,200 new jobs in the region and makes Mexico Nestlé’s main coffee producer globally.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a USD300mn loan to continue to back Costa Rica’s National Decarbonization Plan, which aims for net-zero emissions by 2050. The IDB loan is the second in a series of two programmatic policy-based lending.
China’s central government has released a carbon peaking and neutrality blueprint for its urbanisation and rural development.