ESG Digest №22

Contents:

• USA made a series of investments in clean energy projects
• Japan releases proposed IFRS-based Sustainability Reporting Standards
• SBTi to allow increased role for carbon credits in net-zero targets
• EU adopts Law to establish Carbon Removal Certification System
• EU adopts Law mandating zero-emissions standards for new buildings by 2030
• Green bonds reached new heights in 2023 at KASE
• Scotland abandons 2030 interim climate goal
• Kazakhstan government plans to gradually phase out single-use plastics
• ISSB to developing new disclosure standards for Biodiversity, Human Capital
• Hong Kong Exchange to require IFRS-based Climate Disclosure beginning 2025
• UK to require 10% sustainable aviation fuel in jet fuel mix by 2030
• EU approves 2 year delay to Sustainability Reporting obligations for specific sectors and non-EU companies