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How to prepare for mandatory ESG disclosures: The Business Times Podcast

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This episode focuses on how businesses can prepare for the imminent wave of mandatory ESG disclosures.

Kelvin Tan
Kelvin Tan, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance & Investments, Asean at HSBC, talks about mandatory ESG disclosures.

This episode focuses on how businesses can prepare for the imminent wave of mandatory ESG disclosures.

BT correspondent Howie Lim hosts Kelvin Tan, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance & Investments, Asean at HSBC. This episode is brought to you by HSBC: www.business.hsbc.com.sg/sustainability

Highlights of the conversation:

  1. Importance of ESG data to investors (1:27)
  2. Issues with current available ESG data points (3:42)
  3. How a global reporting framework standard would help (6:20)
  4. How and who will standardise this framework to ensure its global interoperability (7:38)
  5. How prepared companies are for mandatory ESG disclosures and how they can be ready (9:21)
  6. The timeframe to get ready and what smaller companies can do (11:20)

More about:

Growth and sustainability: Business Plan for the Planet | HSBC Commercial Banking SG

Personalised action plans: Roadmap to sustainable growth | HSBC Commercial Banking SG

Sustainable Financing and Investing – ASEAN Report: Business Insights and Research | HSBC Commercial Banking SG

Produced by: Howie Lim, Ernest Luis & Lee Kim Siang

Edited by: Howie Lim & Hadyu Rahim

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