ESG & Climate Risk — across countries

Law or regulationTypeCountryYearSource
Udhëzues mbi rreziqet financiare të lidhura me klimën dhe mjedisin (Guidance on Climate- and Environment-Related Financial Risks) Guideline Albania 2024 source
Règlement COSOB n° 25-04 du 22 octobre 2025 relatif à la diffusion de l'information par les sociétés dont les titres sont cotés en bourse (COSOB Regulation 25-04 on Information Disclosure by Listed Companies) Regulation Algeria 2025 source
Resolución General CNV N° 963 — Lineamientos para la Emisión de Valores Negociables Temáticos en Argentina (CNV General Resolution 963: guidelines for issuing thematic securities) Regulation Argentina 2023 source
CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks Guideline Australia 2021 source
Modern Slavery Act 2018 Act Australia 2018 source
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 Act Australia 2007 source
ESG-Rating-Verordnung-Vollzugsgesetz (ESG Ratings Regulation Enforcement Act) Act Austria 2026 source
FMA Guide for Managing Sustainability Risks (01/2025) Guideline Austria 2025 source
Banklarda ekoloji risklərin idarə edilməsi üzrə Təlimat (Instruction on the Management of Environmental Risks in Banks) Guideline Azerbaijan 2024 source
Guideline on Sustainability and Climate-related Financial Disclosure for Banks and Finance Companies (SFD Circular No. 06 of 2023) Guideline Bangladesh 2023 source
Proposed ESG Guidelines for the Non-Bank Financial Services Sector (External ESG Consultation Paper) Guideline Barbados 2026 source
Law of 2 December 2024 on the publication, by certain companies and groups, of sustainability information and on the assurance of such information, and containing miscellaneous provisions Act Belgium 2024 source
Prijedlog zakona o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o bankama (Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Banks of the Federation of BiH) Act Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025 source
Lei nº 15.042, de 11 de dezembro de 2024 (Law 15,042/2024 establishing the Brazilian Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System – SBCE) Act Brazil 2024 source
Resolução CVM nº 193, de 20 de outubro de 2023 (CVM Resolution 193 on sustainability-related financial information based on ISSB standards) Regulation Brazil 2023 source
Climate Risk Management (Guideline B-15) Guideline Canada 2025 source
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act Act Canada 2023 source
Norma de Carácter General N° 519 de la CMF, que modifica las Normas de Carácter General N° 30 y 461 referidas a la memoria anual integrada (integrated annual report: NIIF S1 and S2) Rule Chile 2024 source
Norma de Carácter General N° 461 de la CMF, que modifica la estructura y contenido de la memoria anual de los emisores de valores y modifica y deroga normas que indica (annual report: sustainability and corporate governance) Rule Chile 2021 source
Circular Externa 005 de 2022 de la Superintendencia Financiera (SFC External Circular 005 of 2022 adopting the Taxonomía Verde de Colombia) Circular Colombia 2022 source
Zakon o provedbi Uredbe (EU) 2023/2631 o europskim zelenim obveznicama (Act implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 on European green bonds) Act Croatia 2025 source
Prime Minister Decree No. 636 of 2024 amending Egyptian Accounting Standards to add Egyptian Accounting Interpretation No. 2 on carbon emission reduction certificates Regulation Egypt 2024 source
FRA Board Decision No. 107 of 2021 on disclosure of ESG practices and climate-related financial impacts by non-bank financial companies (as amended December 2022) Regulation Egypt 2021 source
FRA Board Decision No. 127 of 2019 on the register of local experts and consultancy institutions that may assess and test green and sustainable projects Regulation Egypt 2019 source
Law of Georgia on Accounting, Reporting and Audit (No 5386-IIს) Act Georgia 2016 source
Securities Industry (Green Bond) Guidelines 2024 Guideline Ghana 2024 source
Prudential Standard on Climate-Related and Environmental Risks for Institutions Licensed under the Banking Act, 2015 Guideline Grenada 2023 source
Ley Marco para Regular la Reducción de la Vulnerabilidad, la Adaptación Obligatoria ante los Efectos del Cambio Climático y la Mitigación de Gases de Efecto Invernadero, Decreto 7-2013 (Framework Law on Climate Change) Act Guatemala 2013 source
Supervisory Policy Manual GS-1: Climate Risk Management Guideline Hong Kong 2021 source
Listing Rules Appendix C2: Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Code Rule Hong Kong — source
Lög um upplýsingagjöf um sjálfbærni á sviði fjármálaþjónustu og flokkunarkerfi fyrir sjálfbærar fjárfestingar nr. 25/2023 (Act No. 25/2023 on Sustainability-Related Disclosures in Financial Services and a Classification System for Sustainable Investments) Act Iceland 2023 source
SEBI Master Circular for compliance with the LODR Regulations, 2015 by listed entities Circular India 2026 source
SEBI Master Circular for ESG Rating Providers (ERPs) Circular India 2025 source
Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Climate Finance and Management of Climate Change Risks) Directions, 2025 Direction India 2025 source
Taksonomi untuk Keuangan Berkelanjutan Indonesia (TKBI) Versi 3 (Indonesia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance, Version 3) Guideline Indonesia 2026 source
Undang-Undang Nomor 40 Tahun 2007 tentang Perseroan Terbatas (Law Number 40 of 2007 on Limited Liability Companies) Act Indonesia 2007 source
Guidance for (Re)Insurance Undertakings on Climate Change Risk Guideline Ireland 2023 source
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 Act Ireland 2015 source
Disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) Risks - A Proposed Outline Guideline Israel 2021 source
Banca d'Italia - Comunicazione del 31 luglio 2025 sui piani d'azione per l'integrazione dei rischi climatici e ambientali (Communication on action plans for integrating climate and environmental risks) Notification Italy 2025 source
Decreto legislativo 6 settembre 2024, n. 125 - Attuazione della direttiva (UE) 2022/2464 (CSRD transposition decree on corporate sustainability reporting) Act Italy 2024 source
Roadmap on Sustainability Disclosure and Assurance Guideline Japan 2026 source
Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors (Japan's Stewardship Code) Guideline Japan 2025 source
Supervisory Guidance on Climate-related Risk Management and Client Engagement Guideline Japan 2022 source
Japan's Corporate Governance Code Guideline Japan 2015 source
地球温暖化対策の推進に関する法律 (Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures, Act No. 117 of 1998) Act Japan 1998 source
Об утверждении классификации (таксономии) "зеленых" проектов, подлежащих финансированию через "зеленые" облигации и "зеленые" кредиты (On Approval of the Classification (Taxonomy) of "Green" Projects Eligible for Financing through "Green" Bonds and "Green" Loans) Rule Kazakhstan 2021 source
Guidance on Climate-Related Risk Management (Central Bank of Kenya, 2021) Guideline Kenya 2021 source
Climate Change Act (Cap. 387A) Act Kenya 2016 source
Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Act 2019 Act Kiribati 2019 source
CBK Circular No. (2/BS, IBS/500/2022) to All Local Banks regarding Sustainable Finance Circular Kuwait 2022 source
Gesetz vom 11. März 2022 zur Durchführung der Verordnung (EU) 2019/2088 über nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Offenlegungspflichten im Finanzdienstleistungssektor und der Verordnung (EU) 2020/852 (EWR-Finanzdienstleistungs-Nachhaltigkeits-Durchführungsgesetz; EWR-FNDG) (Sustainable Finance Disclosure and Taxonomy Implementation Act) Act Liechtenstein 2022 source
Climate Risk Management and Scenario Analysis (BNM/RH/PD 028-124) Guideline Malaysia 2025 source
Guideline on Climate-related and Environmental Financial Risk Management Guideline Mauritius 2022 source
Federated States of Micronesia Climate Change Act (Title 25, Chapter 8, FSM Code; Public Law 18-34) Act Micronesia 2013 source
Sustainable Finance Roadmap, approved by Decision No. 145 of 28 May 2024 of the Executive Board of the National Bank of Moldova Guideline Moldova 2024 source
Règlement relatif à la Certification Professionnelle Bancaire, Financière et Esg liée aux Activités Financières de Monaco (Regulation on the banking, financial and ESG professional certification for Monaco's financial activities) Regulation Monaco 2023 source
Zakon o računovodstvu (Law on Accounting) Act Montenegro 2025 source
Zakon o kreditnim institucijama (Law on Credit Institutions) Act Montenegro 2019 source
Aviso n.º 6/GBM/2025, de 21 de Outubro – Directrizes de Gestão dos Riscos Climáticos (Notice 6/GBM/2025, climate risk management guidelines) Guideline Mozambique 2025 source
Myanmar Investment Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 40/2016) Act Myanmar 2016 source
Environmental Management and Climate Change Act 2020 Act Nauru 2020 source
Wet implementatie richtlijn duurzaamheidsrapportering (bill 36 678, implementing CSRD Directive (EU) 2022/2464) Act Netherlands — source
Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 Act New Zealand 2021 source
Roadmap Report for the Adoption of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards in Nigeria (Amended 2026) Guideline Nigeria 2026 source
Sustainability Reporting Guideline 1 (SRG 1) in Nigeria (2026) Guideline Nigeria 2026 source
Lov 21. juni 2024 nr. 42 om endringer i regnskapsloven mv. (bærekraftsrapportering) (Act amending the Accounting Act etc., sustainability reporting) Act Norway 2024 source
Code of Corporate Governance for Public Listed Companies Guideline Oman — source
Guidelines on Climate Stress Testing (FSD Circular No. 01 of 2025) Guideline Pakistan 2025 source
Pakistan Green Taxonomy (SH&SFD Circular No. 06 of 2025) Circular Pakistan 2025 source
Acuerdo No. 011-2022 — Que adiciona el numeral 13 al artículo 4 del Acuerdo No. 8-2010, sobre Gestión Integral de Riesgos (Agreement 11-2022 adding climate-related risk to the integral risk management rules) Regulation Panama 2022 source
Acuerdo No. 009-2017 — Por medio del cual se modifica el artículo 4 del Acuerdo 008-2010 (Agreement 9-2017 amending article 4 of Agreement 8-2010 on integral risk management) Regulation Panama 2017 source
Climate Change (Management) Act 2015 (No. 19 of 2015) Act Papua New Guinea 2015 source
Guía sobre la gestión de los riesgos financieros relacionados con el clima para las entidades de intermediación financiera supervisadas y reguladas por el Banco Central del Paraguay, Resolución N° 31, Acta N° 22 de 29.05.2025 (Guide on managing climate-related financial risks for financial intermediaries) Guideline Paraguay 2025 source
BSP Circular No. 1128, Series of 2021 — Environmental and Social Risk Management Framework Circular Philippines 2021 source
Law No. 13 of 2008 on the Contribution by Certain Companies towards Social and Sports Activities Act Qatar 2008 source
Bank of Russia Information Letter No. IN-018-35/60 of 4 December 2023 on Recommendations on Climate Risk Management for Financial Institutions Guideline Russia 2023 source
Capital Market Guidelines No 003/CMA_G/2024 of 09/12/2024 on issuance of Green, Social, Sustainability and Other Labels (GSS+) Bonds Guideline Rwanda 2024 source
Prudential Standard on Climate-related and Environmental Risks for Institutions Licensed under the Banking Act, 2015 Regulation Saint Lucia 2023 source
Guidelines for Issuing Green, Social, Sustainable, and Sustainability-Linked Debt Instruments Guideline Saudi Arabia 2025 source
Zakon o računovodstvu (Law on Accounting) (Official Gazette RS Nos 73/2019 and 44/2021) Act Serbia 2019 source
Environmental Protection Agency Act, 2022 Act Sierra Leone 2022 source
Carbon Pricing Act 2018 Act Singapore 2018 source
Practice Note 7.6 Sustainability Reporting Guide (SGX Listing Rules) Guideline Singapore — source
JSE Sustainability Disclosure Guidance (June 2022) Guideline South Africa 2022 source
Banking Act Directions No. 5 of 2022 - Sustainable Finance Activities of Licensed Banks Direction Sri Lanka 2022 source
FINMA Circular 2026/1 Nature-related financial risks Circular Switzerland 2026 source
Guidelines on Climate-Related Financial Risks Management and Disclosures, 2025 Guideline Tanzania 2025 source
Guidelines on Reporting of Sustainability-Related Risks and Opportunities for Banks and Financial Institutions, 2025 Guideline Tanzania 2025 source
Policy Statement of Bank of Thailand: Internalizing Environmental and Climate Change Aspects into Financial Institution Business Guideline Thailand 2023 source
Thailand Taxonomy: A Reference Tool for Sustainable Economy Guideline Thailand 2023 source
Tonga Climate Change Fund Regulations 2024 Regulation Tonga 2024 source
Sustainability Principles Compliance Outline (Capital Markets Board) Guideline Türkiye — source
Federal Decree-Law No. (11) of 2024 On the Reduction of Climate Change Effects Act United Arab Emirates 2024 source
The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 Regulation United Kingdom 2022 source
Companies Act 2006 Act United Kingdom 2006 source
Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules (SEC proposed rule, 2026) Rule United States 2026 source
Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (SEC rules, March 2024) Rule United States 2024 source
Ley N° 19.969 — Creación de las Sociedades de Beneficio e Interés Colectivo (BIC) (Law 19,969 — Creation of Benefit and Collective Interest Companies) Act Uruguay 2021 source
Climate Risk Management Guideline No. 01-2023/BSD Guideline Zimbabwe 2023 source
ObligationCountryNatureVerifiedSourceDetail
Disclose sustainability and climate-related information Bangladesh Annual report disclosure; half-yearly regulatory submission source View →
Sustainability-related financial disclosure by listed companies Brazil Annually, from fiscal years beginning on or after 1 January 2026 source View →
Annual climate-related disclosure under OSFI Guideline B-15 Canada Annually, within 180 days after fiscal year-end source View →
Annual forced labour and child labour supply-chain report Canada Annually by 31 May source View →
Mining permit applicants commit to a community-responsibility cahier des charges Democratic Republic of the Congo At permit application and renewal source View →
ESG and climate-related disclosure in the annual report Egypt Annually, with the annual financial statements source View →
Environmental and social risk management system Honduras Ongoing; annual report by 31 January source View →
Climate-related disclosures aligned with TCFD Hong Kong At least annually source View →
Climate-related ESG disclosures by listed issuers Hong Kong Annual ESG report; phased from FY starting 1 January 2025 source View →
Adopt Board-approved green deposit policy and financing framework (commercial banks raising green deposits) India Ongoing; annual verification and impact assessment source View →
Sustainability report Indonesia Annually; 30 April if filed separately from the annual report source View →
Corporate social and environmental responsibility Indonesia Ongoing; reported in the annual report source View →
Stewardship Code acceptance and disclosure Japan Acceptance is voluntary; update disclosure after each revision source View →
Publish a standalone sustainability report (ASE 20 listed companies) Jordan Annually, with the annual report or within six months of year end; first reports in 2028 source View →
Annual sustainability reporting by local banks Kuwait Annually source View →
Annual TCFD-aligned climate disclosure by banks and insurers Malaysia Annually, with the annual financial report source View →
Climate and environmental financial risk framework and disclosure by banks Mauritius Annual disclosure from the financial year ended 31 December 2023 source View →
Large companies: publish a non-financial report Montenegro Annual; within six months of balance-sheet date if published on a website source View →
Climate risk governance and disclosure by credit institutions Mozambique Annual review source View →
IFRS sustainability disclosures for public interest entities Nigeria Financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2028 source View →
Sustainability reporting by large listed companies Norway Annually, from financial year 2024 for the largest listed companies source View →
Corporate social responsibility charter, plan and report Oman Annual plan and annual report chapter source View →
Green loan classification and quarterly reporting Papua New Guinea Quarterly, within 10 working days of quarter end source View →
Environmental and social risk management by banks Philippines Ongoing source View →
Report material climate-related impacts on capital or liquidity to the ECCB Saint Lucia Within 14 days of a material impact source View →
Board-approved sustainable finance policy Sri Lanka Ongoing; reviewed at least annually source View →
Management of climate- and nature-related financial risks Switzerland Climate risks from 1 Jan 2026 (Categories 1-2) or 1 Jan 2027 (Categories 3-5); full implementation by 1 Jan 2028 source View →
Due diligence and reporting on conflict minerals and child labour Switzerland Ongoing source View →
Sustainability disclosure by listed companies (comply or explain) Türkiye Annually, in the annual report source View →
Measure, report and keep records of greenhouse gas emissions United Arab Emirates Periodic reports as set by the Ministry or competent authority; records kept 5 years source View →
Board reporting on climate-related financial risk Zimbabwe At least quarterly source View →
DateEntityCountryActionPenaltySource
21 AUG 2026 Raiffeisenverband Salzburg eGen Austria Monetary Penalty €159,000 source
11 AUG 2026 Fiducian Investment Management Services Limited Australia Monetary Penalty AUD 7,300,000 source
13 APR 2026 Velliv, Pension & Livsforsikring A/S Denmark Remedial Direction — source
5 MAR 2026 Phenix Trading Pty Ltd Australia Licence Action — source