Why ESG Risks Matter For Businesses
Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift, CEO of Bursa Malaysia, shares his thoughts on why management of ESG risks should be a top priority for all businesses in this ever changing business environment.
MACC ACT Section 17A Adequate Procedures Best Practice Handbook
This new handbook is designed to help companies achieve that end, using the experience of those directly involved in setting up and running anti-corruption systems for Malaysian companies.
How Asian Investors are Changing their Sentiments on ESG Investing
A recent study by the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) sought to gather investor insights on defining and investing climate-aligned opportunities and the barriers to increased investment.
A Guide For Malaysian Businesses For Positive Climate Action
The objectives of the Guide are to strengthen the business case for corporations to embark on a Low Carbon/Net Zero pathway....
External Report
This new handbook features the experience of specialists directly involved in setting up and running anti-corruption systems for Malaysian companies.
Commentary
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?
Case Study
What are the tangible benefits of a focus on diversity and inclusion? We hear from Digi, a D&I leader, to learn from their experience.
Infographic
What are the key global trends in corporate governance companies can anticipate in 2021?
Leading directors offer their insights into why COVID-19 requires a new attitude toward board risk oversight.
What are the emerging post-COVID 19 risks companies need to proactively protect themselves from?
Video
The objectives of the Guide are to strengthen the business case for corporations to embark on a Low Carbon/Net Zero pathway.
New guidance by the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative to mainstream sustainable finance among issuers worldwide
Deep dive on physical and transition scenario analysis
Article
Even as <IR> is gaining traction in various jurisdictions around the world, its adoption in ASEAN is still limited mostly to larger companies in selected jurisdictions such as Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
A collaboration between the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM), this Virtual Talk discussed the development of corporate reporting around the world and the material impacts on corporate reporting in Malaysia in the years ahead.
UN Global Compact (UNGC) Malaysia, with the support of Sarawak Energy, has launched a microsite with a series of toolkits aimed at helping companies improve their understanding and adoption of sustainability practices.
A webcast introducing the Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations and how companies can get started on implementing them.
Features the experiences of companies that use both standards together to fulfil their reporting needs
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?
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
In an inaugural open letter to Chairpersons of all issuers listed on our exchange, our Chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, shares his thoughts and vision for the Malaysian capital market.
Insights
Hosted by our CEO, Datuk Muhamed Umar Swift, CEO2CEO features a series of peer-to-peer conversations on corporate sustainability between CEO's from leading companies in Malaysia.
Our CEO, Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift shares his opinions on emerging sustainability issues via this dedicated column...
Report
Newly-launched by Bursa Malaysia, the second edition of the Sustainability Reporting Guide provides guidance on how to embed sustainability in your organisation and identify, evaluate and manage your material economic, environmental and social risks and opportunities.
Sustainability Toolkits
This toolkit provides further guidance to listed issuers on how to establish a governance structure in relation to EES risks and opportunities. It includes insights into the way the management of sustainability may be governed and organised within an organisation. To download a copy of this toolkit, please click here.
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.
Guidance on Disclosures in Notes to Quarterly Report
In the age of increasing scrutiny, company directors and officers must be aware of their duties. They must understand how to best manage their work practices for accountability purposes. The Role of the Board course includes a comprehensive analysis of the specific duties that companies have under the current laws.
This course is suitable for employees at all levels, using practical case studies to build an understanding of how ethical behaviour can be applied in the workplace. Focusing on ethical decision making, the course covers core principles which can help participants to make more ethical decisions in a wide variety of scenarios in the workplace.
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.
This three day virtual business conference will debate and showcase real world solutions to the most pressing and urgent challenges in commodity supply chains.
The UK is committed to working with all countries and joining forces with civil society, companies and people on the frontline of climate change to inspire climate action ahead of COP26.
To build a better world, thinkers and doers must come together to share ideas, collaborate and act.
The recently tabled 12th Malaysia Plan 2021-2025 sets an ambitious goal for the country to beat Singapore and Indonesia in attaining net zero emission by 2050.
Civil society leaders from different reaches of the society like the environmental and labour movements, climate and energy experts, and policy leaders, has come together to call for equitable energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
A lot can be expected from the world, including Malaysia, in the years to come during economic recovery to achieve the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) post-COVID-19.
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