Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues SEC MC No. 05, series of 2024 Guidelines on the Philippine Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
Philippines
Timeline
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  2025Framework Development- 
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues the Adoption of Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) on Sustainability Disclosures and Issuance of Reporting Guidelines for Publicly-Listed Companies and Large Non-Listed Entities 
 
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  2024Framework Development- 
BSP issues Circular No. 1187 - Philippine Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Guidelines 
 
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  2022Framework Development- 
BSP issues the Guidance on the Implementation of the Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) System 
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BSP issues the Circular 1149 – Guidelines on the Integration of Sustainability Principles in Investment Activities of Banks 
 
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  2021Framework Development- 
BSP issues the Environmental and Social Risk Management Framework (Circular No. 1128 Series of 2021), complementing the Sustainable Finance Framework 
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The Philippines Inter-Agency Technical Working Group for Sustainable Finance (ITSF) issues the Sustainable Finance Roadmap and Sustainable Finance Guiding Principles 
 
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  2020Research and Engagement- 
BSP publishes the Impact of Extreme Weather Episodes on the Philippine Banking Sector: Evidence Using Branch-Level Supervisory Data (Working Paper series 2020-03) 
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BSP joins the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) 
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As of the end of 2020, the country’s accumulative green, Social, and Sustainability bonds issuance have reached $3.53 billion 
 Framework Development- 
BSP, together with the members of the ASEAN Task Force, publishes the Report on the Roles of ASEAN Central Banks in Managing Climate and Environment-Related Risks 
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BSP issues the Sustainable Finance Framework (Circular No. 1085 Series of 2020). requiring banks to integrate environmental and social risk management in their corporate governance and risk management frameworks, as well as in their strategic objectives and operations 
 
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  2019Research and Engagement- 
BSP joins the ASEAN Task Force on the Roles of Central Banks in Managing Climate and Environment-Related Risks, which aims to conduct a study on the roles of ASEAN Central Banks in addressing or managing climate and environment-related risks to monetary, financial, and broader macroeconomic stability 
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BSP adopts the Sustainable Central Banking Program as one of its corporate strategies, aiming to champion the sustainability agenda in the financial system by fostering environmentally responsible and sustainable policies and work practices 
 Framework Development- 
SEC issues the Guidelines on the Issuance of Social Bonds under the ASEAN Social Bonds Standards and the Guidelines of the Issuance of Sustainability Bonds under the ASEAN Sustainability Bonds Standards in the Philippines 
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SEC issues the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for Publicly Listed Companies 
 
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  2018Framework Development- 
SEC adopts the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Green Bond Standards, and issues Guidelines on the Issuance of Sustainability Bonds Under the ASEAN Sustainability Bonds Standards in the Philippines 
 
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  2013Research and Engagement- 
BSP joins SBFN 
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DENR joins SBFN 
 
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