Climate Action

Decarbonising energy in Southeast Asia: A bank and regulator's perspective

SEA’s net zero transition will be challenging due to the region's heavy reliance on fossil fuels and rising energy needs. CEOs from DBS and the Energy Market Authority, shared their views on the strategies for a "win-win" of economic growth and a just transition, at Ecosperity Week 2024.

April 23, 2024

WWF’s Singapore CEO on financing green and DFIs

WWF Singapore CEO Vivek Kumar on the role of public markets in the sustainability ecosystem, including development finance institutions (DFIs).

April 09, 2024

CFA Institute helps drive Hong Kong’s green hub status

Paul Moody, managing director, global partnerships & client solutions, at the global professional body, told FA that demand in the SAR for green finance is a gateway into mainland China, and shared his thoughts on COP28.

April 02, 2024

SocGen appoints Apac head of sustainable and positive impact finance

Paul-Antoine Thiebot was previously director, energy transition and sustainable finance, overseeing the banks's regional mandate of the sustainable and positive impact finance group.

March 28, 2024

IWD Q&A: Barclays' Denise Wong on DEI and sustainability

On International Women's Day, the bank's co-head of Sustainable Banking Group for Asia Pacific, discussed diversity, inclusion, carbon emissions and green regulations.

March 07, 2024

Deal Analysis: Hong Kong’s HK$6bn digital green bond offering

After the world’s first multi-currency digital bond offering was oversubscribed, a government spokesperson told FA that tokenised bonds are moving from ‘proof of concept’ into ‘production’.

March 05, 2024

Exclusive interview: Vismay Sharma, president of L’Oréal South Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa

Sharma shares his insights on the potential of his unconventional geographical zone, how the region is promoting sustainability and how the global cosmetics and beauty firm is leveraging data and tech in a market ripe for disruption.

January 09, 2024

Malaysia’s net zero transition: expediting ESG

Malaysia’s Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3) met last month to outline five initiatives to expedite the market’s transition to net zero. FA spoke to experts to assess the regulatory environment that Malaysia is working to cultivate, in support of climate-conscious investment.

November 07, 2023

Steel industry secures pathfinding transition finance

Bank of China has tapped the European bond market to finance steel projects in Hebei province, in a first of a kind issuance involving a financial institution.

October 17, 2023

Impact washing: how investors are navigating the new normal of ESG regulations

Impact investing may be growing strongly but so, too, is impact washing. How investors comply with new regs, and turn a profit, is deciding a fast-changing investment landscape.

September 12, 2023