also promote further integration and alignment of the ccpt with the vbi financing and investment impact assessment framework ( or vbiaf ) sectoral guides5, with the third cohort of the guides to be issued by end of the year. recognising the need to bridge critical data gaps in climate and environmental risksrelated information, a major deliverable by jc3 was the publication of the climate data catalogue. since its issuance a year ago, the jc3 has further expanded the data catalogue which now includes close to 400 credible data sources. this enhanced data catalogue, alongside other tools and resources are now accessible on the new jc3 website being launched today. smes form another important component in the climate equation and are a key focus of jc3 agenda. it is encouraging that 60 percent of smes see that strengthening esg practices can increase business opportunities and create long - term value. however, only 28 percent of smes have adopted elements of esg practices in their business6. to support smes'transition, an sme focus group was recently formed under jc3 to bring together multiple initiatives focusing on smes to improve coordination and engagement with partners and industry bodies. the focus group will actively pursue measures to build technical capability, improve access to financing via mechanisms such as guarantees, and reduce the costs of transition in coordination with key stakeholders within the ecosystem. as part of efforts to scale up transition finance, the jc3 has rolled out the greening value chain or gvc pilot programme. the programme has effected change for more 2 / 5 bis - central bankers'speeches than eighty participating smes within the supply chain of four corporates. these smes have begun to measure their ghg and identify emission - intensive areas within their operations. several smes have also started to provide emission reports to their corporate customers. with a workable model developed through this pilot initiative, this is expected to pave the way for financial institutions to work with more corporates and their supply chains to accelerate transition. this afternoon, we will also hear more pilot projects to spur the adoption of sustainable and low carbon practices in the agriculture sector and industrial parks in malaysia. the jc3 also remains committed to enhancing the climate expertise of financial professionals. the jc3 has been working closely with training institutes to provide curated and specialised climate - related training for the industry. i am encouraged by the increasing focus and concrete climate actions taken by financial institutions. there are more'net zero'commitments, wider options for

policy measures during june to september 2013 june 5 : customs duty on gold imports was raised to 8 per cent from 6 per cent. june 12 : limit on foreign investment in government dated securities raised by us $ 5 billion to us $ 30 billion. july 8 : banks were prohibited from proprietary trading in the currency futures / exchange traded currency options markets. [ proprietary trading in etcd market was allowed within banks ’ net open position limit and any limit imposed by the exchanges on june 20, 2014. ] july 15 : upper bound of the policy rate corridor ( i. e., msf rate ) raised by 200 basis points. quantity of central bank liquidity available through the laf window restricted to 1. 0 per cent of net demand time liabilities ( ndtl ) of banks. [ the interest rate corridor was realigned to normal policy operations by end - october 2013. ] july 22 : gold importers were required to make available 20 per cent of their gold imports for exports. july 23 : liquidity adjustment facility ( laf ) by way of repos at each individual bank level was restricted to 0. 5 per cent of its own ndtl. maintenance of daily cash reserve ratio ( crr ) balance raised to 99 per cent of the requirement from 70 per cent earlier. [ daily crr requirement was reduced to 95 per cent w. e. f september 21, 2013. ] august 13 : customs duty on gold imports was further raised to 10 per cent. august 14 : limit on overseas direct investment under ( odi ) through automatic route reduced from 400 per cent to 100 per cent. limit on remittances by resident individuals under the liberalised remittance scheme ( lrs ) reduced from us $ 200, 000 to us $ 75, 000 per financial year. [ limit under lrs scheme was enhanced to us $ 125, 000 without end use restrictions except for prohibited transactions in june 2014 and odi limit was restored to 400 per cent in july 2014. ] august 22 : fdi limits / routes were relaxed for select sectors. august 28 : forex swap window with the reserve bank to meet the entire daily dollar requirements of three public sector oil marketing companies. [ since december 2013, oil companies have sourced their entire dollar demand from market. ] september 4 : ecb norms were liberalised making it available for general corporate purposes. september 6 : banks were offered a window to swap their fresh fcnr ( b ) dollar funds with the reserve bank. the overseas