Author: Sophia Gu

09 Mar Central Electricity Enterprises Issue Carbon Neutrality Green Bonds

發表於 16:05 2021-03-09 作者 Sophia Gu

Central electricity enterprises recently have released several carbon neutrality related green bonds, as reported by Caixin on March 6. Up to now, there are seven such bonds issued in the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) with a total fundraising scale of RMB13bn. Among them, five central...

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24 Feb South Korean KIC Reduces US-listed Coal Stock Investments

發表於 10:24 2021-02-24 作者 Sophia Gu

South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC), with USD183.1bn worth of assets under management (AUM), cut its coal stock exposure in the US, as reported by The Korea Herald on February 17. Despite this, KIC’s investments in US-listed coal shares are still more...

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22 Feb CSRC to Punish 14 Audit and Evaluation Agencies after 2020 Annual Inspection

發表於 14:32 2021-02-22 作者 Sophia Gu

CSRC on February 19 issued the inspection results of audit and evaluation institutions in 2020, as reported by Caixin on the same day. Based on the overall and special inspections, CSRC announced to impose relevant penalties on eight audit agencies, 28 certified public accountants, six...

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19 Feb CCDC Proposes to Promote Substantive Green Bonds in GBA

發表於 16:23 2021-02-19 作者 Sophia Gu

State-owned financial institution China Central Depository & Clearing Corporation (CCDC) recently held a conference, where its research and development (R&D) center proposed the concept of substantive green bonds and promote such bonds in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), as reported by JRJ.com on...

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09 Feb MIIT Plans for New Rules on Personal Information Protection in Mobile Apps

發表於 10:30 2021-02-09 作者 Sophia Gu

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is drafting regulations on protecting personal information in mobile applications to clarify the bottom line and redlines, as reported by Xinhua on February 8. The regulations clarify two basic principles. One is that users should be informed...

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08 Feb MEE to Strictly Oversee Emissions of All Enterprises from March 1

發表於 14:11 2021-02-08 作者 Sophia Gu

All enterprises must hold certificates to discharge pollution from March 1, according to the new requirements released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), as reported by China National Radio on February 5. A total of 2.36m companies, industrial facilities, and institutions in China...

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08 Feb Shenzhen Launches the World’s First Blockchain Platform for Environmental Protection

發表於 11:11 2021-02-08 作者 Sophia Gu

The world's first blockchain-based environmental protection platform, called EPR Digital Environmental Innovation Platform, was launched in Shenzhen, as reported by Sznews.com on February 6. The EPR Digital Environmental Innovation Platform is a dual chain, combining the blockchain technology and environmental protection. This platform aims to...

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03 Feb Jeff Bezos Resigns Amazon CEO, Focusing on Sustainable Development

發表於 17:45 2021-02-03 作者 Sophia Gu

Amazon [AMZN:US] announced on February 3 that the company's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will step down from his post in the third quarter of 2021 and Andy Jassy, the head of the cloud computing unit, will take the place as its new CEO. Bezos...

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03 Feb Tencent Announces to Sue ByteDance after Prosecuted by TikTok

發表於 15:57 2021-02-03 作者 Sophia Gu

Tencent [0700:HK] on February 2 issued a response to TikTok’s lawsuit against it, stating that the allegations were inconsistent with the facts and malicious, as reported by Sina on February 3. Tencent pointed out that TikTok violated users' rights and claimed to sue ByteDance, TikTok’s...

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02 Feb Tesla Apologizes to State Grid for Its Misleading Statement

發表於 09:28 2021-02-02 作者 Sophia Gu

Tesla [TSLA:US] released a video through its official Weibo [WB:US] account to apologize to State Grid for a misleading statement by the US firm’s employee, as reported by Caixin on February 1. On January 29, a Tesla car owner in Nanchang found that his new...

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