ESG Digest №38

Regional:

• Central Asia Joins UN Global Compact to Drive Responsible Growth
• Central Asia Countries Unites for 2026 Environmental Summit in Aktau
• Kazakhstan Advances Climate Strategy with NDC 3.0 Dialogue in Astana
• Georgia Updates Banking Supervision Strategy with Focus on Sustainability
• Uzbekistan Expands Circular Economy with New Waste Management Reforms
• Azerbaijan Launches 445 MW Solar Plant
• Mongolia is introducing a new E-platform to receive reports on environment violations

Global

• EBA Instructs Regulators to Hold off on Enforcement of ESG Disclosure Requirements for Banks

• EFRAG Releases Proposed Simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards
• China Releases New Green Finance Taxonomy
• Germany Approves Ambitious Bill to Fast-Track Carbon Storage Infrastructure
• Qatar Expands Green Finance Strategy with First Sovereign Green Bonds
• ICVCM Approves Verra’s Biochar and Forest Carbon Methods for High-Integrity Credits
• SBTi highlights Asia’s leadership in rapid growth of validated science-based targets worldwide
• Plastic pollution treaty talks adjourned without consensus
• Global Finance Hubs Compete to Dominate Green Investment
• China to Impose Absolute Carbon Emissions Caps by 2027 in Major Climate Policy Shift