
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE POLICIES
Policies : Others
Bursa Malaysia and BNM have issued their own guidelines for the sustainable finance sector. In the wider ESG space, Bursa’s Sustainability Reporting Guide and Toolkits is an overarching guide for how listed corporations report their ESG disclosures, while BNM’s Financial Sector Blueprint 2022-2026 places special emphasis on the financial system’s role in facilitating Malaysia’s transition to a greener economy. BNM has also made efforts to marry the shariah principles inherent in Islamic finance with ESG concerns, via its value-based intermediation (VBI) framework targeted at Islamic financial institutions and how they measure and report their sustainability metrics.
Policy | Summary | Publication Date | Objectives | Key stakeholders |
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Sustainability Reporting Guide and Toolkits (Bursa Malaysia) |
This guide and toolkits detail the business case for embedding sustainability and provides guidance on how this can be achieved. It also provides specific guidance on the information that should be disclosed when producing a Sustainability Statement in the Annual Report in accordance with Bursa Malaysia's Listing Requirements. | September 2022 |
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Public Listed Companies |
Financial Sector Blueprint 2022-2026 (Bank Negara Malaysia) |
Under Strategic Thrust 4, the blueprint aims to position the financial system to facilitate an orderly transition to a greener economy. | January 2022 |
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Financial institutions |
Value-based Intermediation Financing and Investment Impact Assessment Framework (Bank Negara Malaysia) |
The guidance framework aims to facilitate the implementation of an impact-based risk management system for assessing the financing and investment activities of Islamic financial institutions in line with their respective VBI commitments. | November 2019 |
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Islamic financial institutions |
Value-based Intermediation: Strengthening the Roles and Impact of Islamic Finance (Bank Negara Malaysia) |
This strategy paper sets out definition and underpinning thrusts of value-based intermediation (VBI). | March 2018 |
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Islamic financial institutions |