Introduction In Part I of our two-part mini-series, we discussed the basics of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and how the same found its roots in CSR and had taken beyond the realms of pure philanthropy and into the realm of quantifiable numbers to determine how companies treat their staff, …

Introduction The genesis of both, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) standards, is the same – adoption of practices and policies by corporations that are intended to have a positive influence on the world. Companies have historically looked at options to operate in ways that enhances …

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) issued a revised Technology Risk Management Guidelines (“Guidelines”) on 18 January 2021. The MAS shared that the revised Guidelines focus on addressing technology and cyber risks by financial institutions (FIs) with the growing use of cloud technologies, application programming interfaces, and rapid software development. …