Securities Commission Malaysia to release Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Taxonomy by year-end

The Securities Commission (SC) of Malaysia will be releasing the Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Taxonomy framework by the end of this year. The framework will provide the guiding principles necessary to identify and classify economic activities that support environmental, social and sustainability objectives. Executive Chairman Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin said, “[As stated] in our Capital Market Master Plan 3 (CMP3), the SRI, along with the Islamic capital market (ICM) will play a key role in accelerating the transition to a sustainable and inclusive stakeholder economy.