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ESG data is crucial for data-driven decisions, which is why we will focus on its benefits and provide a guide on how to collect ESG data for reports.

Can carbon trading in Taiwan simultaneously promote business profitability and foster a sustainable environment?

In the past, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and Equator Principles (EP) promoted by the United Nations for the financial industry emphasized that ESG-related factors should be considered in investment and financing positions.To be in line with the promotion of international sustainable finance, the Financial Supervisory Commission released the "Green Finance Action Plan 3.0" in September 2022. It proposed five major promotion directions and emphasized that financial institutions should understand carbon emission conditions related to not only themselves but their investment/ financing portfolios. Evaluating and identifying the possible impact of climate change on individual financial companies and the overall market to promote the development of sustainable finance.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released the "Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector" report in 2021. More than 130 countries around the world have responded. The same year, my government revised its long-term carbon reduction target to net zero carbon emissions in 2050. And continue to amend the law to improve the climate legal environment, expecting to be in line with international standards and continue to promote sustainable development plans.

On December 12, 2015, 195 countries worldwide jointly adopted the Paris Agreement, the main objective of which is to make the average temperature of this century compared to the average temperature before the industrial revolution increase by no more than 2 ℃(3.6 °F). Although Taiwan is not one of the signatories, it is still contributing […]