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Investors and asset managers continue to emphasize environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") factors as drivers of financial value in their investment products.

In 2019, a group of over 140 CEOs from the world's largest companies identified a significant problem in the growing field of sustainability that continues today...

Climate change, as evidenced by extreme events such as heatwaves, droughts and floods, left its mark on every continent in 2022, and has already affected billions

On 3rd May 2024, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) introduced new arbitration rules that would come into force on 1 June 2024.

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its much-anticipated draft corporate sustainability and due diligence directive (the Draft Directive).

Legal principles which apply when challenges are made to the approval of an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and the issuance of an Environmental Permit by the Director of Environmental Protection in the Director’s capacity as both the applicant and grantor of approval.

Plastic pollution is a global environmental problem. To combat this issue, the United Nations Environment Assembly passed a resolution in March 2022...

On 7 January 2014 the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government (FSTB), in conjunction with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Insurance Authority (IA), issued a first stage consultation regarding the introduction of a resolution regime for financial institutions in Hong Kong (the "Consultation").

The city hopes to become a regional leader in ILS product transactions, surpassing Singapore to eventually parallel Bermuda's success in the US and European markets.

On 16 December 2019, Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission issued the results of its Survey on Integrating Environmental, Social and Governance Factors and Climate Risks in Asset Management.

Uluslararası Deniz Ticaret Odası (International Chamber of Shipping-ICS) tarafından yayınlanan 26.06.2023 tarihli yazıya istinaden; Gemi geri dönüşümünde önde...

Over recent years, in keeping with the global focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investing, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has enhanced...

The Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC) has launched an updated set of Administered Arbitration Rules (the "HKIAC Updated Rules"), effective as of 1 June 2024.

Action taken by states to address climate change may bring them into conflict with foreign investors who have invested in the host state...

India commands the largest share of the world's shipbreaking industry but has justifiably been criticised for environmental degradation and lax compliance towards worker safety and health issues

It is certainly a 'bullish' outlook for environmental, social and governance ("ESG") investments.